2 Kings 12:7

New Century Version

So King Joash called for Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and said to them, “Why aren’t you repairing the damage of the Temple? Don’t take any more money from the people you serve, but hand over the money for the repair of the Temple.”

Cross References

2 Kings 11:4

In the seventh year Jehoiada sent for the commanders of groups of a hundred men, as well as the Carites. He brought them together in the Temple of the Lord and made an agreement with them. There, in the Temple of the Lord, he made them promise loyalty, and then he showed them the king’s son.

2 Kings 12:2

Joash did what the Lord said was right as long as Jehoiada the priest taught him.

2 Kings 12:6

But by the twenty-third year Joash was king, the priests still had not repaired the Temple.

2 Kings 12:8

The priests agreed not to take any more money from the people and not to repair the Temple themselves.

1 Chronicles 21:3

But Joab said, “May the Lord give the nation a hundred times more people. My master the king, all the Israelites are your servants. Why do you want to do this, my master? You will make Israel guilty of sin.”

2 Chronicles 23:1

In the seventh year Jehoiada decided to do something. He made an agreement with the commanders of the groups of a hundred men: Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zicri.

2 Chronicles 24:16

Jehoiada was buried in Jerusalem with the kings, because he had done much good in Judah for God and his Temple.

Haggai 1:2

“This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: ‘The people say the right time has not come to rebuild the Temple of the Lord.’ ”