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2 Kings 12:6

Joash

4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man’s heart to bring into the house of the LORD,

5 Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.

But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

7 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.

8 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.

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BSB
By the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to the temple.
KJV
But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
WEB
But it was so, that in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash the priests had not repaired the damage to the house.
ASV
But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
DARBY
And it was [so that] in the twenty-third year of king Jehoash, the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
BLB
And it was by the twentieth year and third year of King Jehoash, [that] the priests had not strengthened the breach of the house.
ÅB
Men i kong Joas' tre og tyvende år hadde prestene enda ikke bøtt husets brøst.
OTB
Men det skjedde at i det tjuetredje året til kong Joasj, hadde prestene ikke reparert skaden på huset.
B1930
Men i kong Joas' tre og tyvende år hadde prestene ennu ikke bøtt husets brøst.

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Cross references

  • Malachi 1:10

    Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

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  • 1 Samuel 2:29–30

    Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

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  • Philippians 2:21

    For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.

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  • Isaiah 56:10–12

    His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

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  • 2 Chronicles 29:34

    But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

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  • 1 Peter 5:2

    Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

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