2 Kings 12:4-6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Repairing the Temple

⁴ Then^(A) Joash said to the priests, ‘All the dedicated silver brought to the Lord’s temple,^(B) census silver,^(C) silver from vows,^(D) and all silver voluntarily given^(E) for the Lord’s temple –  ⁵ each priest is to take it from his assessor^[a] and repair whatever damage is found in the temple.’^[b](F)

⁶ But by the twenty-third year^(G) of the reign of King Joash, the priests had not repaired the damage^[c] to the temple.^(H)