2 Kings 12:7 - New International Version (Anglicised)

⁷ Therefore King Joash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and asked them, ‘Why aren’t you repairing the damage done to the temple? Take no more money from your treasurers, but hand it over for repairing the temple.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ 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

⁷ 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)

⁷ 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

⁷ 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

⁷ 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."

2 Kings 12:7 Tagairtí Cros

2 Kings 11:4

In the seventh year Jehoiada sent for the commanders of units of a hundred, the Carites and the guards and had them brought to him at the temple of the Lord. He made a covenant with them and put them under oath at the temple of the Lord. Then he showed them the king’s son.

2 Kings 12:2

Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the years Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

2 Kings 12:6

But by the twenty-third year of King Joash the priests still had not repaired the temple.

2 Kings 12:8

The priests agreed that they would not collect any more money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.

1 Chronicles 21:3

But Joab replied, ‘May the Lord multiply his troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all my lord’s subjects? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?’

2 Chronicles 23:1

In the seventh year Jehoiada showed his strength. He made a covenant with the commanders of units of a hundred: Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zikri.

2 Chronicles 24:16

He was buried with the kings in the City of David, because of the good he had done in Israel for God and his temple.

Haggai 1:2

This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘These people say, “The time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord’s house.” ’