NET Bible
"The priests agreed not to collect silver from the people and relieved themselves of personal responsibility for the temple repairs."
— 2 Kings 12:8, NET Bible
“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.”
“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.”
The priests should receive the silver they need from the treasurers and repair any damage to the temple they discover.”
By the twenty-third year of King Jehoash’s reign the priests had still not repaired the damage to the temple.
So King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest along with the other priests, and said to them,“Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, take no more silver from your treasurers unless you intend to use it to repair the damage.”
The priests agreed not to collect silver from the people and relieved themselves of personal responsibility for the temple repairs.
Jehoiada the priest took a chest and drilled a hole in its lid. He placed it on the right side of the altar near the entrance of the LORD’s temple. The priests who guarded the entrance would put into it all the silver brought to the LORD’s temple.
When they saw the chest was full of silver, the royal secretary and the high priest counted the silver that had been brought to the LORD’s temple and bagged it up.
They would then hand over the silver that had been weighed to the construction foremen assigned to the LORD’s temple. They hired carpenters and builders to work on the LORD’s temple,