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2 Kings 12:7

JehoiadaJoash

5 Let every priest receive it from his constituency, and let it be used to repair any damage found in the temple.”

6 By the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to the temple.

So King Joash called Jehoiada and the other priests and said, “Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, therefore, take no more money from your constituency, but hand it over for the repair of the temple.”

8 So the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.

9 Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD.

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BSB
So King Joash called Jehoiada and the other priests and said, “Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, therefore, take no more money from your constituency, but hand it over for the repair of the temple.”
KJV
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.
WEB
Then King Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests, and said to them, “Why aren’t you repairing the damage to the house? Now therefore take no more money from your treasurers, but deliver it for repair of the damage to the house.”
ASV
Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the [other] priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore take no [more] money from your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.
DARBY
Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the priests, and said to them, Why have ye not repaired the breaches of the house? And now receive no money of your acquaintances, but give it for the breaches of the house.
BLB
And King Jehoash called to Jehoiada the priest, and to the priests, and he said to them, “Why have you⁺ not strengthened the breach of the house? And now take no more silver from your⁺ constituency, but for the breach of the house give it.”
ÅB
Da kalte kong Joas presten Jojada og prestene til seg og sa til dem: Hvorfor bøter dere ikke husets brøst? Nå skal dere ikke lenger ta imot penger av deres kjenninger, men gi dem fra dere til å bøte husets brøst med.
OTB
Da kalte kong Joasj på presten Jojada og de andre prestene, og sa til dem: "Hvorfor har dere ikke reparert skaden på huset? Nå, ta ikke mer penger fra deres bekjente, men overlever dem til reparasjon av huset."
B1930
Da kalte kong Joas presten Jojada og prestene til sig og sa til dem: Hvorfor bøter I ikke husets brøst? Nu skal I ikke lenger ta imot penger av eders kjenninger, men gi dem fra eder til å bøte husets brøst med.

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  • 2 Kings 11:4

    Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son

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  • 2 Chronicles 24:5–14

    So he gathered the priests and Levites and said, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the house of your God. Do it quickly.” The Levites, however, did not make haste.

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  • 2 Kings 12:2

    And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was instructed by Jehoiada the priest.

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  • 2 Chronicles 24:16

    And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.

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  • 2 Chronicles 23:1

    Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself and made a covenant with the commanders of hundreds—with Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri.

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  • 1 Chronicles 21:3

    But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”

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