let the priests take it for themselves, each from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the [a]damages of the house wherever any damage may be found.”

But it came about that in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash (A)the priests had not repaired the damages of the house. Then King Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests and said to them, “Why do you not repair the damages of the house? Now therefore take no more money from your acquaintances, but pay it for the damages of the house.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 12:5 Lit breaches, and so through v 12