2 Kings 12:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.

Tuilleadh leaganacha

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And the priests consented to receive no more money from the people, nor to repair the breaches of the house.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And the priests consented that they should take no more money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.

Common English Bible

⁸ The priests agreed that they wouldn’t take any more money from the people nor be responsible for temple repairs.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ 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

⁸ And the priests were forbidden to take any more money of the people, and to make the repairs of the house.

2 Kings 12:8 Tagairtí Cros

2 Kings 12:7

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 12:9

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.

2 Kings 22:4

‘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.

2 Chronicles 24:8

At the king’s command a chest was made and placed outside the gate of the Lord’s temple.