Jehoash Repairs the Temple

Jehoash said to the priests, “All the money of the holy things (A)that is brought into the house of the Lord, the money for which each man is assessed—the money from the assessment of persons—and (B)the money that a man's heart prompts him to bring into the house of the Lord, let the priests take, each from his donor, and let them repair the house wherever any need of repairs is discovered.” But by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests had made no repairs on the house. Therefore King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and said to them, “Why are you not repairing the house? Now therefore take no more money from your donors, but hand it over for the repair of the house.” So the priests agreed that they should take no more money from the people, and that they should not repair the house.

Then Jehoiada the priest took (C)a chest and bored a hole in the lid of it and set it beside the altar on the right side as one entered 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 And whenever they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king's secretary and the high priest came up and they bagged and counted (D)the money that was found in the house of the Lord. 11 Then they would give the money that was weighed out into the hands of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of the Lord. And they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders who worked on the house of the Lord, 12 and (E)to the masons and the stonecutters, as well as to buy timber and quarried stone for making repairs on the house of the Lord, and for any outlay for the repairs of the house. 13 (F)But there were not made for the house of the Lord (G)basins of silver, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, or any vessels of gold, or of silver, from the money that was brought into the house of the Lord, 14 for that was given to the workmen who were repairing the house of the Lord with it. 15 And (H)they did not ask for an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to pay out to the workmen, for they dealt honestly. 16 The money from (I)the guilt offerings and the money from the (J)sin offerings was not brought into the house of the Lord; (K)it belonged to the priests.

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The Temple to Be Repaired

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, 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.”

But it came about that in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, (C)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 [e]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 [f]repair damage to the house.

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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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 12:4 Lit which it comes into...to bring
  2. 2 Kings 12:5 Or perhaps assessor
  3. 2 Kings 12:5 Lit a breach, and so through v 12
  4. 2 Kings 12:5 Lit a breach, and so through v 12
  5. 2 Kings 12:7 See note 1 v 5
  6. 2 Kings 12:8 I.e., do or oversee repairs themselves
  7. 2 Kings 12:9 I.e., at the king’s command; see 2 Chr 24:8
  8. 2 Kings 12:11 Lit brought
  9. 2 Kings 12:12 Lit went out