2 Kings 12:8

THE MESSAGE

The priests agreed not to take any more money or to be involved in The Temple renovation.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So the priests agreed that they would receive no silver from the people and would not be the ones to repair the temple’s damage.

Hebrew Names Version
The Kohanim consented that they should take no [more] money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.

King James Version
And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.

English Standard Version
So the priests agreed that they should take no more money from the people, and that they should not repair the house.

New Century Version
The priests agreed not to take any more money from the people and not to repair the Temple themselves.

New English Translation
The priests agreed not to collect silver from the people and relieved themselves of personal responsibility for the temple repairs.

Amplified Bible
So the priests agreed that they would receive no [more] money from the people, nor [be responsible to] repair the damages of the house.

New American Standard Bible
The priests then agreed that they would not take any more money from the people, nor would they repair damage to the house.

Geneva Bible (1587)
So the Priestes consented to receiue no more money of the people, neither to repaire the decayed places of the Temple.

Legacy Standard Bible
So the priests agreed that they would take no more money from the people, nor repair the damages of the house.

Contemporary English Version
The priests agreed that they would not collect any more money or be in charge of the temple repairs.

Complete Jewish Bible
So King Y'ho'ash summoned Y'hoyada the cohen and the other cohanim and said to them, "Why aren't you repairing the damaged places in the house? Therefore, you are no longer to take money from those who contribute it personally to you; you must hand it over to be used for repairing the damage in the house."

Darby Translation
And the priests consented to receive no money of the people, and that they should only repair the breaches of the house.

Easy-to-Read Version
The priests agreed to stop taking money from the people, but they also decided not to repair the Temple.

George Lamsa Translation
So the priests agreed not to receive any more money from the people, nor to repair the breaches of the house.

Good News Translation
The priests agreed to this and also agreed not to make the repairs in the Temple.

Lexham English Bible
So the priests agreed not to take money from the people and not to repair the damage to the temple.

Literal Translation
And the priests consented not to receive silver from the people, nor to strengthen the breach of the house.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the prestes agreed to take no money of the people, and to repayre the decaye of the house.

American Standard Version
And the priests consented that they should take no more money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.

Bible in Basic English
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.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the priestes consented to receaue no more money of the people, except to repaire the decayed places of the temple.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests, and said unto them: 'Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore take no longer money from them that bestow it upon you, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.'

King James Version (1611)
And the priests consented to receiue no more money of the people, neither to repaire the breaches of the house.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, and not to repair the breaches of the house.

English Revised Version
And the priests consented that they should take no [more] money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.

Berean Standard Bible
So the priests agreed they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the prestis weren forbodun to take more the money of the puple, and to reparele the hilyngis of the hows.

Young's Literal Translation
And the priests consent not to receive money from the people, nor to strengthen the breach of the house,

Update Bible Version
And the priests consented that they should take no [more] money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the priests consented to receive no [more] money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.

World English Bible
The priests consented that they should take no [more] money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.

New King James Version
And the priests agreed that they would neither receive more money from the people, nor repair the damages of the temple.

New Living Translation
So the priests agreed not to accept any more money from the people, and they also agreed to let others take responsibility for repairing the Temple.

New Life Bible
So the religious leaders agreed that they should take no more money from the people. And they agreed that they should not do the work that was needed on the house.

New Revised Standard
So the priests agreed that they would neither accept more money from the people nor repair the house.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The priests therefore consented, not to take silver from the people, and not to repair the breaches of the house.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the priests were forbidden to take any more money of the people, and to make the repairs of the house.

Revised Standard Version
So the priests agreed that they should take no more money from the people, and that they should not repair the house.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So the priests agreed that they would take no more money from the people, nor repair the damages of the house.

Contextual Overview

⁴Joash instructed the priests: "Take the money that is brought into The Temple of God for holy offerings—both mandatory offerings and freewill offerings—and, keeping a careful accounting, use them to renovate The Temple wherever it has fallen into disrepair." ⁶ But by the twenty-third year of Joash's rule, the priests hadn't done one thing—The Temple was as dilapidated as ever. ⁷ King Joash called Jehoiada the priest and the company of priests and said, "Why haven't you renovated this sorry-looking Temple? You are forbidden to take any more money for Temple repairs—from now on, hand over everything you get." ⁸ The priests agreed not to take any more money or to be involved in The Temple renovation. ⁹Then Jehoiada took a single chest and bored a hole in the lid and placed it to the right of the main entrance into The Temple of God . All the offerings that were brought to The Temple of God were placed in the chest by the priests who guarded the entrance. When they saw that a large sum of money had accumulated in the chest, the king's secretary and the chief priest would empty the chest and count the offerings. They would give the money accounted for to the managers of The Temple project; they in turn would pay the carpenters, construction workers, masons, stoneworkers, and the buyers of timber and quarried stone for the repair and renovation of The Temple of God —any expenses connected with fixing up The Temple. But none of the money brought into The Temple of God was used for liturgical "extras" (silver chalices, candle snuffers, trumpets, various gold and silver vessels, etc.). It was given to the workmen to pay for their repairing God 's Temple. And no one even had to check on the men who handled the money given for the project—they were honest men. Offerings designated for Compensation Offerings and Absolution Offerings didn't go into the building project—those went directly to the priests.

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: 2 Kings 22:4 - sum the silver 2 Chronicles 24:8 - at the king's

Cross-References

Genesis 12:14
When Abram arrived in Egypt, the Egyptians took one look and saw that his wife was stunningly beautiful. Pharaoh's princes raved over her to Pharaoh. She was taken to live with Pharaoh.

Genesis 12:16
Because of her, Abram got along very well: he accumulated sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, men and women servants, and camels. But God hit Pharaoh hard because of Abram's wife Sarai; everybody in the palace got seriously sick.

Genesis 21:33
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and worshiped God there, praying to the Eternal God. Abraham lived in Philistine country for a long time.

Joshua 7:2
Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai (The Ruin), which is near Beth Aven just east of Bethel. He instructed them, "Go up and spy out the land." The men went up and spied out Ai.

Joshua 8:3
Joshua and all his soldiers got ready to march on Ai. Joshua chose thirty thousand men, tough, seasoned fighters, and sent them off at night with these orders: "Look sharp now. Lie in ambush behind the city. Get as close as you can. Stay alert. I and the troops with me will approach the city head-on. When they come out to meet us just as before, we'll turn and run. They'll come after us, leaving the city. As we are off and running, they'll say, ‘They're running away just like the first time.' That's your signal to spring from your ambush and take the city. God , your God, will hand it to you on a platter. Once you have the city, burn it down. God says it, you do it. Go to it. I've given you your orders."

Nehemiah 11:31
The Benjaminites from Geba lived in: Micmash Aijah Bethel and its suburbs Anathoth Nob and Ananiah Hazor Ramah and Gittaim Hadid, Zeboim, and Neballat Lod and Ono and the Valley of the Craftsmen. Also some of the Levitical groups of Judah were assigned to Benjamin.

Isaiah 10:28
You Who Legislate Evil Doom to you who legislate evil, who make laws that make victims— Laws that make misery for the poor, that rob my destitute people of dignity, Exploiting defenseless widows, taking advantage of homeless children. What will you have to say on Judgment Day, when Doomsday arrives out of the blue? Who will you get to help you? What good will your money do you? A sorry sight you'll be then, huddled with the prisoners, or just some corpses stacked in the street. Even after all this, God is still angry, his fist still raised, ready to hit them again. "Doom to Assyria, weapon of my anger. My wrath is a cudgel in his hands! I send him against a godless nation, against the people I'm angry with. I command him to strip them clean, rob them blind, and then push their faces in the mud and leave them. But Assyria has another agenda; he has something else in mind. He's out to destroy utterly, to stamp out as many nations as he can. Assyria says, ‘Aren't my commanders all kings? Can't they do whatever they like? Didn't I destroy Calno as well as Carchemish? Hamath as well as Arpad? Level Samaria as I did Damascus? I've eliminated kingdoms full of gods far more impressive than anything in Jerusalem and Samaria. So what's to keep me from destroying Jerusalem in the same way I destroyed Samaria and all her god-idols?'" When the Master has finished dealing with Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he'll say, "Now it's Assyria's turn. I'll punish the bragging arrogance of the king of Assyria, his high and mighty posturing, the way he goes around saying, "‘I've done all this by myself. I know more than anyone. I've wiped out the boundaries of whole countries. I've walked in and taken anything I wanted. I charged in like a bull and toppled their kings from their thrones. I reached out my hand and took all that they treasured as easily as a boy taking a bird's eggs from a nest. Like a farmer gathering eggs from the henhouse, I gathered the world in my basket, And no one so much as fluttered a wing or squawked or even chirped.'" Does an ax take over from the one who swings it? Does a saw act more important than the sawyer? As if a shovel did its shoveling by using a ditch digger! As if a hammer used the carpenter to pound nails! Therefore the Master, God -of-the-Angel-Armies, will send a debilitating disease on his robust Assyrian fighters. Under the canopy of God's bright glory a fierce fire will break out. Israel's Light will burst into a conflagration. The Holy will explode into a firestorm, And in one day burn to cinders every last Assyrian thornbush. God will destroy the splendid trees and lush gardens. The Assyrian body and soul will waste away to nothing like a disease-ridden invalid. A child could count what's left of the trees on the fingers of his two hands. And on that Day also, what's left of Israel, the ragtag survivors of Jacob, will no longer be fascinated by abusive, battering Assyria. They'll lean on God , The Holy—yes, truly. The ragtag remnant—what's left of Jacob—will come back to the Strong God. Your people Israel were once like the sand on the seashore, but only a scattered few will return. Destruction is ordered, brimming over with righteousness. For the Master, God -of-the-Angel-Armies, will finish here what he started all over the globe. Therefore the Master, God -of-the-Angel-Armies, says: "My dear, dear people who live in Zion, don't be terrorized by the Assyrians when they beat you with clubs and threaten you with rods like the Egyptians once did. In just a short time my anger against you will be spent and I'll turn my destroying anger on them. I, God -of-the-Angel-Armies, will go after them with a cat-o'-nine-tails and finish them off decisively—as Gideon downed Midian at the rock Oreb, as Moses turned the tables on Egypt. On that day, Assyria will be pulled off your back, and the yoke of slavery lifted from your neck." Assyria's on the move: up from Rimmon, on to Aiath, through Migron, with a bivouac at Micmash. They've crossed the pass, set camp at Geba for the night. Ramah trembles with fright. Gibeah of Saul has run off. Cry for help, daughter of Gallim! Listen to her, Laishah! Do something, Anathoth! Madmenah takes to the hills. The people of Gebim flee in panic. The enemy's soon at Nob—nearly there! In sight of the city he shakes his fist At the mount of dear daughter Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. But now watch this: The Master, God -of-the-Angel-Armies, swings his ax and lops the branches, Chops down the giant trees, lays flat the towering forest-on-the-march. His ax will make toothpicks of that forest, that Lebanon-like army reduced to kindling.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the priests consented to receive no [more] money of the people,.... And delivered up what they had:

neither to repair the breaches of the house; being very willing to be stop both services, and especially since they seemed to be suspected.