Catholic Public Domain Version
"And yet, even until the twenty-third year of king Jehoash, the priests did not repair the surfaces of the temple. "
— 2 Kings 12:6, Catholic Public Domain Version
“But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.”
“But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. ”
“But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.”
“By the twenty-third year of King Jehoash’s reign the priests had still not repaired the damage to the temple.”
“Now till the three and twentieth year of king Joas the priests did not make the repairs of the temple.”
“But in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests had not made good the damaged parts of the house.”
“But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.”
Yet still he did not take away the high places. For the people were still immolating, and burning incense, in the high places.
And Jehoash said to the priests: “All of the money for the holy things, which has been brought into the temple of the Lord from those who pass by, which is offered for the price of a soul, and which they bring into the temple of the Lord willingly, from their own free heart:
let the priests, according to their ranks, take and use it in order to repair the surfaces of the house, wherever they see anything in need of repair.”
And yet, even until the twenty-third year of king Jehoash, the priests did not repair the surfaces of the temple.
And king Jehoash called the high priest, Jehoiada, and the priests, saying to them: “Why have you not repaired the surfaces of the temple? Therefore, you may no longer accept money according to your ranks. Instead, return it in order that the temple may be repaired.”
And so the priests were prohibited from accepting any more money from the people to repair the surfaces of the house.
And the high priest, Jehoiada, took a certain chest, and he opened a hole in the top, and he placed it beside the altar, to the right of those who were entering the house of the Lord. And the priests who kept the doors put all the money in it which was being brought into the temple of the Lord.