each priest is to take from his assessor[a] and repair whatever damage to the temple is found.”[b](A)

But by the twenty-third year(B) of the reign of King Joash, the priests had not repaired the damage[c] to the temple.(C) So King Joash called Jehoiada(D) the priest and the other priests and said, “Why haven’t you repaired the temple’s damage? Since you haven’t, don’t take any money from your assessors; instead, hand it over for the repair of the temple.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 12:5 Hb obscure
  2. 2 Kings 12:5 Lit repair the breach of the house wherever there is found a breach
  3. 2 Kings 12:6 Lit breach in 2Kg 12:5-12

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