The priests are to take it for themselves, each from his [a]acquaintance; and they shall repair [b]damage to the house wherever [c]any damage is found.”

But it came about that in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, (A)the priests had not repaired any damage to the house. So King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said to them, “Why do you not repair damage to the house? Now then, you are not to take any more money from your [d]acquaintances, but give it up for the damage to the house.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 12:5 Or perhaps assessor
  2. 2 Kings 12:5 Lit a breach, and so through v 12
  3. 2 Kings 12:5 Lit a breach, and so through v 12
  4. 2 Kings 12:7 See note 1 v 5

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