2 Kings 12:8
And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.
2 Kings 12:8 in other translations
| BSB | So the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves. |
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| WEB | The priests consented that they should take no more money from the people, and not repair the damage to the house. |
| ASV | And the priests consented that they should take no more money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house. |
| YLT | And the priests consent not to receive money from the people, nor to strengthen the breach of the house, |
| DARBY | And the priests consented to receive no money of the people, and that they should only repair the breaches of the house. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house. |
What does 2 Kings 12:8 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…
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…
2 Kings 12:8 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 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.
- 2 Kings 12:9
But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the Lord: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord.
2 Kings 12:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y los sacerdotes consintieron en no tomar más dinero del pueblo, ni tener cargo de reparar las aberturas del templo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le roi Joas appela Jehoïada, le sacrificateur, et les autres sacrificateurs, et il leur dit: Pourquoi n’avez-vous pas réparé les brèches de la maison? Et maintenant, ne prenez pas d’argent de vos connaissances, mais vous le donnerez pour les brèches de la maison. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Priester willigten ein, kein Geld mehr von dem Volke zu nehmen, noch auch das Baufällige des Hauses auszubessern. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Prohibitique sunt sacerdotes ultra accipere pecuniam a populo, et instaurare sartatecta domus. |