2 Kings 12:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then King Joash called for Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and said to them, Why are you not repairing the [Lord's] house? Do not take any more money from your acquaintances, but turn it all over for the repair of the house. [You are no longer responsible for this work. I will take it into my own hands.]

American Standard Version (1901)

Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore take no more money from your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.

Common English Bible

So King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests together. “Why haven’t you repaired the temple?” he asked them. “Stop taking money from your donors; instead, give it directly for temple repairs.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And king Jehoash called the high priest, Jehoiada, and the priests, saying to them: "Why have you not repaired the surfaces of the temple? Therefore, you may no longer accept money according to your ranks. Instead, return it in order that the temple may be repaired."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And king Joas called Joiada the high priest and the priests, saying to them: Why do you not repair the temple? Take you therefore money no more according to your order but restore it for the repairing of the temple.

2 Kings 12:7 Tagairtí Cros

2 Kings 11:4

In  the seventh year, Jehoiada  sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards.  He made them come to him in the Lord’s temple, where he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son

2 Kings 12:2

Throughout the time the priest Jehoiada  instructed  him, Joash did what was right in the Lord’s sight.

2 Kings 12:6

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

2 Kings 12:8

So the priests agreed that they would receive no silver from the people and would not be the ones to repair the temple’s damage.

1 Chronicles 21:3

Joab replied, ‘May the Lord multiply the number of his people a hundred times over!  My lord the king, aren’t they all my lord’s servants? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel? ’

2 Chronicles 23:1

Then, in the seventh year,  Jehoiada summoned his courage and took the commanders of hundreds into a covenant with him: 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 in the city of David with the kings  because he had done what was good in Israel with respect to God and his temple.

Haggai 1:2

‘The Lord of Armies says this: These people say: The time has not come for the house of the Lord to be rebuilt.’