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.’
2 Kings 12:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the priests consented to receive no more money from the people, nor to repair the breaches of the house. American Standard Version (1901) And the priests consented that they should take no more money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house. Common English Bible The priests agreed that they wouldn’t take any more money from the people nor be responsible for temple repairs. Catholic Public Domain Version And so the priests were prohibited from accepting any more money from the people to repair the surfaces of the house. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the priests were forbidden to take any more money of the people, and to make the repairs of the house. |
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.’
Then the priest Jehoiada took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the Lord’s temple; the priests who guarded the threshold put into the chest all the silver that was brought to the Lord’s temple.
‘Go up to the high priest Hilkiah so that he may total up the silver brought into the Lord’s temple #– #the silver the doorkeepers have collected from the people.
At the king’s command a chest was made and placed outside the gate of the Lord’s temple.