2 Kings 12:7

New Living Translation

So King Joash called for Jehoiada and the other priests and asked them, “Why haven’t you repaired the Temple? Don’t use any more money for your own needs. From now on, it must all be spent on Temple repairs.”

Cross References

2 Kings 11:4

In the seventh year of Athaliah’s reign, Jehoiada the priest summoned the commanders, the Carite mercenaries, and the palace guards to come to the Temple of the Lord. He made a solemn pact with them and made them swear an oath of loyalty there in the Lord’s Temple; then he showed them the king’s son.

2 Kings 12:2

All his life Joash did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight because Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

2 Kings 12:6

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

2 Kings 12:8

So the priests agreed not to accept any more money from the people, and they also agreed to let others take responsibility for repairing the Temple.

1 Chronicles 21:3

But Joab replied, “May the Lord increase the number of his people a hundred times over! But why, my lord the king, do you want to do this? Are they not all your servants? Why must you cause Israel to sin?”

2 Chronicles 23:1

In the seventh year of Athaliah’s reign, Jehoiada the priest decided to act. He summoned his courage and made a pact with five army commanders: 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

He was buried among the kings in the City of David, because he had done so much good in Israel for God and his Temple.

Haggai 1:2

“This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: The people are saying, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord.’”