2 Kings 12:4-16
New American Standard Bible
The Temple to Be Repaired
4 Then Jehoash said to the priests, “All the money of the sacred offerings (A)which is brought into the house of the Lord, in current money, both (B)the money of each man’s assessment and all the money [a]which anyone’s heart prompts him to bring into the house of the Lord, 5 The priests are to take it for themselves, each from his [b]acquaintance; and they shall repair [c]damage to the house wherever [d]any damage is found.”
6 But it came about that in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, (C)the priests had not repaired any damage to the house. 7 So King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said to them, “Why do you not repair damage to the house? Now then, you are not to take any more money from your [e]acquaintances, but give it up for the damage to the house.” 8 The priests then agreed that they would not take any more money from the people, nor would they [f]repair damage to the house.
9 Instead, (D)Jehoiada the priest [g]took a chest and drilled a hole in its lid and put it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of the Lord; and the priests who guarded the threshold put in it all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord. 10 When they saw that there was a great amount of money in the chest, (E)the king’s scribe and the high priest went up and tied it up in bags, and counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord. 11 And they handed the money which was assessed over to those who did the work, who had the oversight of the house of the Lord; and they [h]paid it out to the carpenters and the builders who worked on the house of the Lord; 12 and (F)to the masons and the stonecutters, and for buying timber and cut stone to repair the damage to the house of the Lord, and for everything that [i]was laid out for the house to repair it. 13 However (G)there were not made for the house of the Lord (H)silver cups, shears, bowls, trumpets, any receptacles of gold, or receptacles of silver from the money which was brought into the house of the Lord; 14 for they gave that to those who did the work, and with it they repaired the house of the Lord. 15 Moreover, (I)they did not require an accounting from the men into whose hands they gave the money to pay to those who did the work, because they acted faithfully. 16 The (J)money from the guilt offerings and (K)the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the Lord; (L)it belonged to the priests.
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- 2 Kings 12:4 Lit which it comes into...to bring
- 2 Kings 12:5 Or perhaps assessor
- 2 Kings 12:5 Lit a breach, and so through v 12
- 2 Kings 12:5 Lit a breach, and so through v 12
- 2 Kings 12:7 See note 1 v 5
- 2 Kings 12:8 I.e., do or oversee repairs themselves
- 2 Kings 12:9 I.e., at the king’s command; see 2 Chr 24:8
- 2 Kings 12:11 Lit brought
- 2 Kings 12:12 Lit went out
2 Kings 12:4-16
New Living Translation
4 One day King Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as a sacred offering to the Lord’s Temple, whether it is a regular assessment, a payment of vows, or a voluntary gift. 5 Let the priests take some of that money to pay for whatever repairs are needed at the Temple.”
6 But by the twenty-third year of Joash’s reign, the priests still had not repaired the Temple. 7 So King Joash called for Jehoiada and the other priests and asked them, “Why haven’t you repaired the Temple? Don’t use any more money for your own needs. From now on, it must all be spent on Temple repairs.” 8 So the priests agreed not to accept any more money from the people, and they also agreed to let others take responsibility for repairing the Temple.
9 Then Jehoiada the priest bored a hole in the lid of a large chest and set it on the right-hand side of the altar at the entrance of the Temple of the Lord. The priests guarding the entrance put all of the people’s contributions into the chest. 10 Whenever the chest became full, the court secretary and the high priest counted the money that had been brought to the Lord’s Temple and put it into bags. 11 Then they gave the money to the construction supervisors, who used it to pay the people working on the Lord’s Temple—the carpenters, the builders, 12 the masons, and the stonecutters. They also used the money to buy the timber and the finished stone needed for repairing the Lord’s Temple, and they paid any other expenses related to the Temple’s restoration.
13 The money brought to the Temple was not used for making silver bowls, lamp snuffers, basins, trumpets, or other articles of gold or silver for the Temple of the Lord. 14 It was paid to the workmen, who used it for the Temple repairs. 15 No accounting of this money was required from the construction supervisors, because they were honest and trustworthy men. 16 However, the money that was contributed for guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the Lord’s Temple. It was given to the priests for their own use.
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