2 Kings 12:8

New Life Version

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.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
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.

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 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

⁴ Then Joash said to the religious leaders, "All the money of the holy things brought into the house of the Lord, money for which each man is taxed, and money that is brought in because a man wants in his heart to bring it into the house of the Lord, ⁵ the religious leaders may take this money. Each leader should take it from those whom he knows. And they should use it to build the house again in the places where it has been broken and destroyed. ⁶ But by the twenty-third year of King Joash, the religious leaders had not put together the broken places of the house. ⁷ So King Joash called for Jehoiada the religious leader and the other religious leaders. He said to them, "Why do you not put together the broken places of the house? Do not take any more money from those you know, but give it for the work that is needed on the house." ⁸ 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. ⁹ Then Jehoiada the religious leader took a box and cut a hole in its cover. He put it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of the Lord. And the religious leaders who watched the door put all the money into it that was brought into the house of the Lord. ¹⁰ When they saw that there was much money in the box, the king's writer and the head religious leader came up to the house of the Lord. They found out how much money was there, and tied it up in bags. ¹¹ After weighing it, they gave the money to those who watched over the work that was being done on the house of the Lord. Then these men paid the wood-workers and the builders who worked on the house of the Lord. ¹² They paid the stonecutters and those who laid the stones in place. And they bought the cut wood and stone and all that was needed for the work on the house of the Lord. ¹³ But there were no silver cups, objects to put out the lights, pots, horns, or dishes of gold or silver made for the house of the Lord. None of these were made from the money brought into the house of the Lord.

Bible Verse Review
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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 gave him the name Enosh. Then men began to call upon the name of the Lord.

Genesis 12:12
When the men of Egypt see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.' And they will kill me, but they will let you live.

Genesis 12:14
When Abram came into Egypt, the men of Egypt saw that the woman was very beautiful.

Genesis 12:15
Pharaoh's rulers saw her and told Pharaoh of her beauty. So the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

Genesis 12:16
And Pharaoh acted well toward Abram because of Sarai. He gave Abram sheep, cattle, male and female donkeys, and camels, and men and women servants.

Genesis 13:4
where he had made an altar. And there Abram called on the name of the Lord.

Genesis 21:33
Abraham planted a tree at Beersheba. He called there on the name of the Lord, the God Who lives forever.

Genesis 28:19
He gave that place the name Bethel. Its name had been Luz before.

Genesis 35:3
Then let us get ready and go to Bethel. I will make an altar there to God, Who answered me in the day of my trouble, and was with me every place I went."

Joshua 7:2
Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel. He said to them, "Go and spy out the land in secret." So the men went and spied out 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.