2 Kings 12 · Verse 7

2 Kings 12:7

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.
2 Kings 12:7, King James Version

2 Kings 12:7 in other translations

BSBSo King Joash called Jehoiada and the other priests and said, “Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, therefore, take no more money from your constituency, but hand it over for the repair of the temple.”
WEBThen King Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests, and said to them, “Why aren’t you repairing the damage to the house? Now therefore take no more money from your treasurers, but deliver it for repair of the damage to the house.”
ASVThen 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.
YLTand king Jehoash calleth to Jehoiada the priest, and to the priests, and saith unto them, ‘Wherefore are ye not strengthening the breach of the house? and now, receive no money from your acquaintances, but for the breach of the house give it.'
DARBYThen king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the priests, and said to them, Why have ye not repaired the breaches of the house? And now receive no money of your acquaintances, but give it for the breaches of the house.
BBEThen King Jehoash sent for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said to them, Why have you not made good what is damaged in the house? now take no more money from your neighbours, but give it for the building up of the house.
WebsterThen king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said to 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.

What does 2 Kings 12:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 12:7-10
7-10. Why repair ye not the breaches of the house?--This mode of collection not proving so productive as was expected (the dilatoriness of the priests was the chief cause of the failure), a new arrangement was proposed. A chest was placed by the high priest at the entrance into the temple, into which the money given by the people for the repairs of the temple was to be put by the Levites who kept the door. The object of this chest was to make a separation between the money to be raised for the building from the other moneys destined for the general use of the priests, in the hope that the people would be more liberal in their contributions when it was known that their offerings would be devoted to the special purpose of making the necessary repairs. The duty of attending to this work was no longer to devolve on the priests, but to be undertaken by the king.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 12:1-16

It is a great mercy to young people, especially to all young men of rank, like Jehoash, to have those about them who will instruct them to do what is right in the sight of the Lord; and they do wisely and well for themselves, when willing to be counselled and ruled. The temple was out of repair; Jehoash orders the repair of the temple. The king was zealous. God requires those who have power, to use it for the…

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2 Kings 12:7 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּקְרָא֩vai.yik.Ra'and he summonedH7121
הַמֶּ֨לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
יְהוֹאָ֜שׁye.ho.'AshJehoashH3060
לִיהוֹיָדָ֤עli.ho.ya.Da'<to> JehoiadaH3077
הַכֹּהֵן֙ha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
וְלַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםve.la.Ko.ha.Nimand <to> the priestsH3548
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
אֲלֵהֶ֔ם'a.le.Hemto themH413
מַדּ֛וּעַma.Du.a'why?H4069
אֵינְכֶ֥ם'ein.Khem[are] not youH369
מְחַזְּקִ֖יםme.cha.ze.KimrepairingH2388
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בֶּ֣דֶקBe.dek[the] damage ofH919
הַבָּ֑יִתha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004
וְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.Tahand nowH6258
אַל\־'al-may notH408
תִּקְחוּ\־tik.chu-you takeH3947
כֶ֙סֶף֙khe.sefmoneyH3701
מֵאֵ֣תme.'Etfrom withH854
מַכָּֽרֵיכֶ֔םma.ka.rei.Khemacquaintances yourH4378
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
לְבֶ֥דֶקle.Ve.dekfor [the] damage ofH919
הַבַּ֖יִתha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004
תִּתְּנֻֽהוּ\׃ti.te.Nu.huyou will give itH5414

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 12:7

  • 2 Kings 11:4

    And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the Lord, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the Lord, and shewed them the king’s son.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:5-14

    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. 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? For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the Lord did they bestow upon Baalim. And at the king’s commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the Lord. …

  • 2 Kings 12:2

    And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:16

    And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.

  • 2 Chronicles 23:1

    And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.

  • 1 Chronicles 21:3

    And Joab answered, The Lord make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
king Jehoash.
2Ch 24:5,6-14
Jehoiada.
2; 11:4; 2Ch 23:1; 24:16
Why repair ye.
1Ch 21:3

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Context

  • 2 Kings 12:6

    But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

  • 2 Kings 12:7

    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.

  • 2 Kings 12:8

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

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2 Kings 12:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Llamando entonces el rey Joas al pontífice Joiada y á los sacerdotes, díjoles: ¿Por qué no reparáis las aberturas del templo? Ahora pues, no toméis más el dinero de vuestros familiares, sino dadlo para reparar las roturas del templo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il arriva, la vingt -troisième année du roi Joas, que les sacrificateurs n’avaient point réparé les brèches de la maison.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da rief der König Joas den Priester Jojada und die Priester und sprach zu ihnen: Warum bessert ihr das Baufällige des Hauses nicht aus? Und nun sollt ihr kein Geld von euren Bekannten nehmen, sondern ihr sollt es für das Baufällige des Hauses hergeben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Vocavitque rex Joas Jojadam pontificem et sacerdotes, dicens eis: Quare sartatecta non instauratis templi? nolite ergo amplius accipere pecuniam juxta ordinem vestrum, sed ad instaurationem templi reddite eam.