2 Kings 12:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

So the priests agreed that they would receive no silver from the people and would not be the ones to repair the temple’s damage.

Dugang nga mga bersyon

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And the priests consented to receive no more money from the people, nor to repair the breaches of the house.

American Standard Version (1901)

And the priests consented that they should take no more money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.

Common English Bible

The priests agreed that they wouldn’t take any more money from the people nor be responsible for temple repairs.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And so the priests were prohibited from accepting any more money from the people to repair the surfaces of the house.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the priests were forbidden to take any more money of the people, and to make the repairs of the house.

2 Kings 12:8 Cross References

2 Kings 12:7

So King Joash called the priest Jehoiada  and the other priests and asked, ‘Why haven’t you repaired the temple’s damage? Since you haven’t, don’t take any silver from your assessors; instead, hand it over for the repair of the temple.’

2 Kings 12:9

Then the priest Jehoiada took a chest,  bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the Lord’s temple; the priests who guarded the threshold put into the chest all the silver that was brought to the Lord’s temple.

2 Kings 22:4

‘Go up to the high priest Hilkiah so that he may total up the silver brought into the Lord’s temple #– #the silver the doorkeepers have collected from the people.

2 Chronicles 24:8

At the king’s command a chest was made and placed outside the gate of the Lord’s temple.