2 Kings 12 · Verse 9

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 12:9, King James Version

2 Kings 12:9 in other translations

BSBThen Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD.
WEBBut Jehoiada the priest took a chest and bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the LORD’s house; and the priests who kept the threshold put all the money that was brought into the LORD’s house into it.
ASVBut 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 Jehovah: and the priests that kept the threshold put therein all the money that was brought into the house of Jehovah.
YLTand Jehoiada the priest taketh a chest, and pierceth a hole in its lid, and putteth it near the altar, on the right side, as one cometh in to the house of Jehovah, and the priests keeping the threshold have put there all the money that is brought in to the house of Jehovah.
DARBYAnd Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of Jehovah; and the priests that kept the door put into it all the money brought into the house of Jehovah.
BBEBut Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and making a hole in the cover of it, put it by the altar, on the right side when one comes into the house of the Lord; and the priests who kept the door put in it regularly all the money which was taken into the house of the Lord.
WebsterBut 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 in it all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.

What does 2 Kings 12:9 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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Jehoiada - took a chest - This chest was at first set beside the altar, as is here mentioned; but afterwards, for the convenience of the people, it was set without the gate; see 2Chr 24:8.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · 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 12:9 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.

וַיִּקַּ֞חvai.yi.Kachand he tookH3947
יְהוֹיָדָ֤עye.ho.ya.Da'JehoiadaH3077
הַכֹּהֵן֙ha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
אֲר֣וֹן'a.Rona chestH727
אֶחָ֔ד'e.ChadoneH259
וַיִּקֹּ֥בvai.yi.Koand he boredH5344
חֹ֖רchora holeH2356
בְּדַלְתּ֑וֹbe.dal.Toin lid itsH1817
וַיִּתֵּ֣ןvai.yi.Tenand he putH5414
אֹתוֹ֩'o.To<obj.> itH853
אֵ֨צֶל'E.tzelbesideH681
הַמִּזְבֵּ֜חַha.miz.Be.achthe altarH4196
מִיָּמִ֗יןbai.ya.minfrom [the] right [side]H3225
בְּבֽוֹא\־be.Vo'-when comesH935
אִישׁ֙'ishanyoneH376
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וְנָֽתְנוּ\־ve.na.te.nu-and they putH5414
שָׁ֤מָּהSha.mahthere <towards>H8033
הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548
שֹׁמְרֵ֣יsho.me.Rei[who] kept ofH8104
הַסַּ֔ףha.Safthe thresholdH5592
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַכֶּ֖סֶףha.Ke.sefthe moneyH3701
הַמּוּבָ֥אha.mu.Va'which was broughtH935
בֵית\־veit-[the] house ofH1004
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

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Cross references for 2 Kings 12:9

  • Mark 12:41

    And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:24

    And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed–edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

  • Psalms 84:10

    For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

  • Jeremiah 35:4

    And I brought them into the house of the Lord, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:

  • Luke 21:1

    And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.

  • 2 Kings 23:4

    And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth–el.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:8-14

    And at the king’s commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the Lord. And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the Lord the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness. And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end. Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance. …

  • 1 Chronicles 15:18

    And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed–edom, and Jeiel, the porters.

  • 2 Kings 25:18

    And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

  • 2 Kings 22:4

    Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:

  • Jeremiah 52:24

    And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
took a chest.
2Ch 24:8-14; Mr 12:41
beside.
2Ch 24:10
the priests.
22:4; 23:4; 25:18; 1Ch 15:18,24; Jer 35:4; 52:24
door. Heb. threshold.
Ps 84:10; *marg:

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Context

  • 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 12:10

    And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king’s scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the Lord.

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2 Kings 12:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas el pontífice Joiada tomó un arca, é hízole en la tapa un agujero, y púsola junto al altar, á la mano derecha como se entra en el templo de Jehová; y los sacerdotes que guardaban la puerta, ponían allí todo el dinero que se metía en la casa de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et les sacrificateurs consentirent à ne plus prendre d’argent de la part du peuple, et que seulement on répare les brèches de la maison.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und der Priester Jojada nahm eine Lade und bohrte ein Loch in ihren Deckel, und er stellte sie neben den Altar, zur Rechten, wenn man in das Haus Jehovas hineingeht; und die Priester, welche die Schwelle hüteten, legten alles Geld darein, welches in das Haus Jehovas gebracht wurde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et tulit Jojada pontifex gazophylacium unum, aperuitque foramen desuper, et posuit illud juxta altare ad dexteram ingredientium domum Domini: mittebantque in eo sacerdotes qui custodiebant ostia, omnem pecuniam quæ deferebatur ad templum Domini.