2 Kings 12:7 - The Scriptures 1998

and Sovereign Yeho’ash called Yehoyaḏ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then King Joash called for Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and said to them, Why are you not repairing the [Lord's] house? Do not take any more money from your acquaintances, but turn it all over for the repair of the house. [You are no longer responsible for this work. I will take it into my own hands.]

American Standard Version (1901)

Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore take no more money from your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.

Common English Bible

So King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests together. “Why haven’t you repaired the temple?” he asked them. “Stop taking money from your donors; instead, give it directly for temple repairs.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And king Jehoash called the high priest, Jehoiada, and the priests, saying to them: "Why have you not repaired the surfaces of the temple? Therefore, you may no longer accept money according to your ranks. Instead, return it in order that the temple may be repaired."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And king Joas called Joiada the high priest and the priests, saying to them: Why do you not repair the temple? Take you therefore money no more according to your order but restore it for the repairing of the temple.

2 Kings 12:7 Cross References

2 Kings 11:4

And in the seventh year Yehoyaḏ

2 Kings 12:2

And Yeho’ash did what was right in the eyes of יהוה  all the days in which Yehoyaḏ

2 Kings 12:6

And it came to be, by the twenty-third year of Sovereign Yeho’ash, that the priests had not repaired the damages of the House,

2 Kings 12:8

And the priests agreed that they would neither receive any more silver from the people, nor repair the damages of the House.

1 Chronicles 21:3

And Yo’aḇ

2 Chronicles 23:1

And in the seventh year Yehoyaḏ

2 Chronicles 24:16

And they buried him in the City of Dawiḏ

Haggai 1:2

“Thus spoke יהוה  of hosts, saying, ‘This people have said, “The time has not come, the time the House of יהוה  is to be built.” ’ ”