2 Kings 12:8
6 By the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to the temple.
7 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.”
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.
10 Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal scribe and the high priest would go up, count the money brought into the house of the LORD, and tie it up in bags.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.
- KJV
- And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.
- WEB
- The priests consented that they should take no more money from the people, and not repair the damage to the house.
- ASV
- And the priests consented that they should take no [more] money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.
- DARBY
- And the priests consented to receive no money of the people, and that they should only repair the breaches of the house.
- BLB
- And the priests agreed to receive no more silver from the people, nor to strengthen the breach of the house.
- ÅB
- Og prestene samtykte i at de ikke skulle ta imot penger av folket og heller ikke gi seg av med å bøte husets brøst.
- OTB
- Så ble prestene enige om at de ikke ville ta mer penger fra folket, heller ikke reparere skaden på huset selv.
- B1930
- Og prestene samtykte i at de ikke skulde ta imot penger av folket og heller ikke gi sig av med å bøte husets brøst.