2 Kings 12:7

Bible in Basic English 1965

Then King Jehoash sent for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said to them, Why have you not made good what is damaged in the house? now take no more money from your neighbours, but give it for the building up of the house.

Cross References

2 Kings 11:4

Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the captains of hundreds of the Carians, and the armed men, and taking them into the house of the Lord, made an agreement with them, and made them take an oath in the house of the Lord, and let them see the king's son.

2 Kings 12:2

Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all his days, because he was guided by the teaching of Jehoiada the priest.

2 Kings 12:6

But in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests had not made good the damaged parts of the house.

2 Kings 12:8

So the priests made an agreement to take no more money from the people, and not to make good what was damaged in the house.

1 Chronicles 21:3

And Joab said, May the Lord make his people a hundred times more in number than they are; but, my lord king, are they not all my lord's servants? why would my lord have this done? why will he become a cause of sin to Israel?

2 Chronicles 23:1

In the seventh year, Jehoiada made himself strong, and made an agreement with the captains of hundreds, Azariah, the son of Jeroham, Ishmael, the son of Jehohanan, Azariah, the son of Obed, Maaseiah, the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat, the son of Zichri.

2 Chronicles 24:16

And they put him into his last resting-place in the town of David, among the kings, because he had done good in Israel for God and for his house.

Haggai 1:2

These are the words of the Lord of armies: These people say, The time has not come for building the Lord's house.