2 Kings 12:7

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So King Joash called together Jehoiada and the other priests and asked, “Why haven't you repaired the damage in the Temple? Don't use any more money you're given for yourselves, instead hand it over to others to repair the Temple.”

Cross References

2 Kings 11:4

In the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and brought them into the Lord's Temple. He made an agreement with them and made them swear an oath. There in the Lord's Temple he showed them the king's son

2 Kings 12:2

Joash did what was right in the Lord's sight during the years that Jehoiada the priest advised him.

2 Kings 12:6

But by the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, the priests still had not repaired the damage to the Temple.

2 Kings 12:8

The priests agreed not to receive any more money from the people, and that they wouldn't carry out the repairs to the Temple themselves.

1 Chronicles 21:3

But Joab replied, “May the Lord multiply his people a hundred times over. Your Majesty, aren't they all your subjects? Why do you want to do this? Why should you make Israel guilty?”

2 Chronicles 23:1

But in the seventh year, Jehoiada had the courage to act. He made a pledge with the commanders of hundreds: Azariah, son of Jeroham, Ishmael, son of Jehohanan, Azariah, son of Obed, Maaseiah, son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat, son of Zichri.

2 Chronicles 24:16

He was buried with the kings in the City of David, for all the good he had done in Israel for God and his Temple.

Haggai 1:2

The Lord Almighty says this: the people say, “This isn't the proper time to rebuild the Lord's house.”