each priest is to take it from his assessor[a] and repair whatever damage is found in the temple.”[b](A)

But by the twenty-third year(B) of the reign of King Joash, the priests had not repaired the damage[c] to the temple.(C) So King Joash called the priest Jehoiada(D) and the other priests and asked, “Why haven’t you repaired the temple’s damage? Since you haven’t, don’t take any silver from your assessors; instead, hand it over for the repair of the temple.”

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Footnotes

  1. 12:5 Hb obscure
  2. 12:5 Lit repair the breach of the temple wherever there is found a breach
  3. 12:6 Lit breach in 2Kg 12:5–12

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