2 Chronicles 24 · Verse 5

2 Chronicles 24:5

And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.
2 Chronicles 24:5, King James Version

2 Chronicles 24:5 in other translations

BSBSo he gathered the priests and Levites and said, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the house of your God. Do it quickly.” The Levites, however, did not make haste.
WEBHe gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather money to repair the house of your God from all Israel from year to year. See that you expedite this matter.” However the Levites didn’t do it right away.
ASVAnd he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year; and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.
YLTand he gathereth the priests and the Levites, and saith to them, ‘Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather from all Israel money to strengthen the house of your God sufficiently year by year, and ye, ye do haste to the matter;' and the Levites have not hasted.
DARBYAnd he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out to the cities of Judah and collect of all Israel money for the repair of the house of your God from year to year, and ye shall hasten the matter. But the Levites hastened it not.
BBEAnd getting together the priests and Levites, he said to them, Go out into the towns of Judah year by year, and get from all Israel money to keep the house of your God in good condition; and see that this is done without loss of time. The Levites, however, were slow in doing so.
WebsterAnd he convened the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather from all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. But the Levites hastened it not.

What does 2 Chronicles 24:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 24:4-14

4-14. Joash was minded to repair the house of the Lord--(See on 2Ki 12:4-16). 2Ch 24:15, 16. Jehoiada Being Dead.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Gather of all Israel money - As the temple was the property of the whole nation, and the services performed in it were for the salvation of the people at large, it was right that each should come forward on an occasion of this kind, and lend a helping hand. This is the first instance of such a general collection for building or repairing a house of God. From year to year - It must have been in a state of great dilapidation, when it required such annual exertions to bring it into a thorough state of repair.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 24:1-14

Joash is more zealous about the repair of the temple than Jehoiada himself. It is easier to build temples, than to be temples to God. But the repairing of places for public worship is a good work, which all should promote. And many a good work would be done that now lies undone, if active men would put it forward.

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2 Chronicles 24:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּקְבֹּץ֮vai.yik.Botzand he assembledH6908
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַכֹּהֲנִ֣יםha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548
וְהַלְוִיִּם֒ve.hal.vi.Yimand the LevitesH3881
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
לָהֶ֡םla.Hemto them
צְא֣וּtze.'Ugo outH3318
לְעָרֵ֪יle.'a.Reito [the] cities ofH5892
יְהוּדָ֟הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
וְקִבְצוּ֩ve.kiv.Tzuand collectH6908
מִכָּל\־mi.kolfrom allH3605
יִשְׂרָאֵ֨לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
כֶּ֜סֶףKe.sefmoneyH3701
לְחַזֵּ֣ק\׀le.cha.Zekto repairH2388
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֗ם'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430
מִדֵּ֤יmi.Deias often asH1767
שָׁנָה֙sha.Naha yearH8141
בְּשָׁנָ֔הbe.sha.Nahin a yearH8141
וְאַתֶּ֖םve.'a.Temand youH859
תְּמַהֲר֣וּte.ma.ha.Ruyou will do quicklyH4116
לַדָּבָ֑רla.da.Var<to> the matterH1697
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808
מִֽהֲר֖וּmi.ha.Ruthey acted quicklyH4116
הַֽלְוִיִּֽם\׃Hal.vi.Yimthe LevitesH3881

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 24:5

  • 2 Kings 12:4-7

    And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the Lord, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man’s heart to bring into the house of the Lord, Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found. But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. 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.

  • 2 Chronicles 29:3

    He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them.

  • 2 Chronicles 34:8-9

    Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God. And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chronicles 21:2

    And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
gather of all Israel.
29:3; 34:8,9; 2Ki 12:4,5
Howbeit.
2Ki 12:6,7

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 24:4

    And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:5

    And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:6

    And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the Lord, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

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2 Chronicles 24:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y juntó los sacerdotes y los Levitas, y díjoles: Salid por las ciudades de Judá, y juntad dinero de todo Israel, para que cada año sea reparada la casa de vuestro Dios; y vosotros poned diligencia en el negocio. Mas los Levitas no pusieron diligencia.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il assembla les sacrificateurs et les lévites, et leur dit: Allez par les villes de Juda, et recueillez de l’argent de tout Israël, pour réparer la maison de votre Dieu, d’année en année, et hâtez cette affaire. Mais les lévites ne la hâtèrent point.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er versammelte die Priester und die Leviten und sprach zu ihnen: Ziehet aus in die Städte Judas, und sammelt Geld ein von ganz Israel, um das Haus eures Gottes auszubessern von Jahr zu Jahr; und ihr sollt mit der Sache eilen. Aber die Leviten eilten nicht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Congregavitque sacerdotes et Levitas, et dixit eis: Egredimini ad civitates Juda, et colligite de universo Israël pecuniam ad sartatecta templi Dei vestri per singulos annos, festinatoque hoc facite. Porro Levitæ egere negligentius.