But it came about that in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, (A)the priests had not repaired any damage to the house. 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 [a]acquaintances, but give it up for the damage to the house.” The priests then agreed that they would not take any more money from the people, nor would they [b]repair damage to the house.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 12:7 See note 1 v 5
  2. 2 Kings 12:8 I.e., do or oversee repairs themselves

But by the twenty-third year of King Joash the priests still had not repaired the temple. Therefore King Joash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and asked them, “Why aren’t you repairing the damage done to the temple? Take no more money from your treasurers, but hand it over for repairing the temple.” The priests agreed that they would not collect any more money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.

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