each priest is to take it from his assessor and repair whatever damage is found in the temple.’ ,
2 Kings 12:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But by the twenty-third year of the reign of King Joash, the priests had not repaired the damage to the temple. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But in the twenty-third year of King Joash's reign the priests had not made the needed repairs on the Lord's house. American Standard Version (1901) But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. Common English Bible But by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests still hadn’t repaired the temple. Catholic Public Domain Version And yet, even until the twenty-third year of king Jehoash, the priests did not repair the surfaces of the temple. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now till the three and twentieth year of king Joas the priests did not make the repairs of the temple. |
each priest is to take it from his assessor and repair whatever damage is found in the temple.’ ,
So King Joash called the priest Jehoiada and the other priests and asked, ‘Why haven’t you repaired the temple’s damage? Since you haven’t, don’t take any silver from your assessors; instead, hand it over for the repair of the temple.’
So he gathered the priests and Levites and said, ‘Go out to the cities of Judah and collect silver from all Israel to repair the temple of your God as needed year by year, and do it quickly.’ However, the Levites did not hurry.
However, since there were not enough priests, they weren’t able to skin all the burnt offerings, so their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests consecrated themselves. For the Levites were more conscientious , to consecrate themselves than the priests were.
‘I wish one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle a useless fire on my altar! I am not pleased with you,’ says the Lord of Armies, ‘and I will accept no offering from your hands.
Shepherd God’s flock among you, not overseeing out of compulsion but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed for money but eagerly;