Catholic Public Domain Version
"And so the priests were prohibited from accepting any more money from the people to repair the surfaces of the house. "
— 2 Kings 12:8, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.”
“And the priests consented that they should take no more money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house. ”
“The priests consented that they should take no [more] money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.”
“The priests agreed not to collect silver from the people and relieved themselves of personal responsibility for the temple repairs.”
“And the priests were forbidden to take any more money of the people, and to make the repairs of the house.”
“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.”
“And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.”
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.
And when they saw that there was a great amount of money in the chest, the scribe of the king and the high priest went up and poured it out. And they counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord.
And they gave it out, by number and measure, to the hands of those who were over the masons of the house of the Lord. And they weighed it out to the carpenters and masons, to those who were working in the house of the Lord