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Christian Standard Bible ®

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.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church and State;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Jehoiada;   Joash;   Liberality;   Money;   Temple;   Treasure-Houses;   Zeal, Religious;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Money;   Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Temple;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jehoash;   Temple;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Zeal;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jerusalem;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Government;   Jerusalem;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Joash ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Joash;   Temple;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Breach;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Parashiyyot, the Four;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The Kohanim consented that they should take no [more] money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.
King James Version
And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.
English Standard Version
So the priests agreed that they should take no more money from the people, and that they should not repair the house.
New Century Version
The priests agreed not to take any more money from the people and not to repair the Temple themselves.
New English Translation
The priests agreed not to collect silver from the people and relieved themselves of personal responsibility for the temple repairs.
Amplified Bible
So the priests agreed that they would receive no [more] money from the people, nor [be responsible to] repair the damages of the house.
New American Standard Bible
The priests then agreed that they would not take any more money from the people, nor would they repair damage to the house.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So the Priestes consented to receiue no more money of the people, neither to repaire the decayed places of the Temple.
Legacy Standard Bible
So the priests agreed that they would take no more money from the people, nor repair the damages of the house.
Contemporary English Version
The priests agreed that they would not collect any more money or be in charge of the temple repairs.
Complete Jewish Bible
So King Y'ho'ash summoned Y'hoyada the cohen and the other cohanim and said to them, "Why aren't you repairing the damaged places in the house? Therefore, you are no longer to take money from those who contribute it personally to you; you must hand it over to be used for repairing the damage in the house."
Darby Translation
And the priests consented to receive no money of the people, and that they should only repair the breaches of the house.
Easy-to-Read Version
The priests agreed to stop taking money from the people, but they also decided not to repair the Temple.
George Lamsa Translation
So the priests agreed not to receive any more money from the people, nor to repair the breaches of the house.
Good News Translation
The priests agreed to this and also agreed not to make the repairs in the Temple.
Lexham English Bible
So the priests agreed not to take money from the people and not to repair the damage to the temple.
Literal Translation
And the priests consented not to receive silver from the people, nor to strengthen the breach of the house.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the prestes agreed to take no money of the people, and to repayre the decaye of the house.
American Standard Version
And the priests consented that they should take no more money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.
Bible in Basic English
So the priests made an agreement to take no more money from the people, and not to make good what was damaged in the house.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the priestes consented to receaue no more money of the people, except to repaire the decayed places of the temple.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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 longer money from them that bestow it upon you, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.'
King James Version (1611)
And the priests consented to receiue no more money of the people, neither to repaire the breaches of the house.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, and not to repair the breaches of the house.
English Revised Version
And the priests consented that they should take no [more] money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.
Berean Standard Bible
So the priests agreed they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the prestis weren forbodun to take more the money of the puple, and to reparele the hilyngis of the hows.
Young's Literal Translation
And the priests consent not to receive money from the people, nor to strengthen the breach of the house,
Update Bible Version
And the priests consented that they should take no [more] money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the priests consented to receive no [more] money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.
World English Bible
The priests consented that they should take no [more] money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.
New King James Version
And the priests agreed that they would neither receive more money from the people, nor repair the damages of the temple.
New Living Translation
So the priests agreed not to accept any more money from the people, and they also agreed to let others take responsibility for repairing the Temple.
New Life Bible
So the religious leaders agreed that they should take no more money from the people. And they agreed that they should not do the work that was needed on the house.
New Revised Standard
So the priests agreed that they would neither accept more money from the people nor repair the house.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The priests therefore consented, not to take silver from the people, and not to repair the breaches of the house.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the priests were forbidden to take any more money of the people, and to make the repairs of the house.
Revised Standard Version
So the priests agreed that they should take no more money from the people, and that they should not repair the house.
THE MESSAGE
The priests agreed not to take any more money or to be involved in The Temple renovation.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So the priests agreed that they would take no more money from the people, nor repair the damages of the house.

Contextual Overview

4Then Joash said to the priests, “All the dedicated silver brought to the Lord’s temple, census silver, silver from vows, and all silver voluntarily given for the Lord’s temple— 5each priest is to take it from his assessor and repair whatever damage is found in the temple.” 6But by the twenty-third year of the reign of King Joash, the priests had not repaired the damage to the temple. 7So 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.” 8So the priests agreed that they would receive no silver from the people and would not be the ones to repair the temple’s damage.9Then 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. 10Whenever they saw there was a large amount of silver in the chest, the king’s secretary and the high priest would go bag up and tally the silver found in the Lord’s temple. 11Then they would give the weighed silver to those doing the work—those who oversaw the Lord’s temple. They in turn would pay it out to those working on the Lord’s temple—the carpenters, the builders, 12the masons, and the stonecutters—and would use it to buy timber and quarried stone to repair the damage to the Lord’s temple and for all expenses for temple repairs. 13However, no silver bowls, wick trimmers, sprinkling basins, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver were made for the Lord’s temple from the contributions brought to the Lord’s temple.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 22:4 - sum the silver 2 Chronicles 24:8 - at the king's

Cross-References

Genesis 4:26
A son was born to Seth also, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to call on the name of the Lord.
Genesis 12:12
When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They will kill me but let you live.
Genesis 12:14
When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
Genesis 12:15
Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh, so the woman was taken to Pharaoh’s household.
Genesis 12:16
He treated Abram well because of her, and Abram acquired flocks and herds, male and female donkeys, male and female slaves, and camels.
Genesis 13:4
to the site where he had built the altar. And Abram called on the name of the Lord there.
Genesis 21:33
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.
Genesis 28:19
and named the place Bethel, though previously the city was named Luz.
Genesis 35:3
We must get up and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to the God who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me everywhere I have gone.”
Joshua 7:2
Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and scout the land.” So the men went up and scouted Ai.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the priests consented to receive no [more] money of the people,.... And delivered up what they had:

neither to repair the breaches of the house; being very willing to be stop both services, and especially since they seemed to be suspected.


 
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