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2 Kings 12:7 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 12 · verse 7
Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.2 Kings 12:7 · King James Version
2 Kings 12:7 in context
5Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.
6But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
7Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.
8And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.
9But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JehoiadaYᵉhôwyâdâʻJehojada, the name of three IsraelitesH3077 →
- breachesbedeqa gap or leakH919 →
- JehoashYᵉhôwʼâshJehoash, the name of two Israelite kingsH3060 →
- receivelâqachto takeH3947 →
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- priestkôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
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We have here an account of the repairing of the temple in the reign of Joash. I. It seems, the temple had gone out of repair. Though Solomon built it very strong, of the best materials and in the best manner, yet in time it went to decay, and there were breaches found in it (Kg2 12:5), in the roofs, or walls, or…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-16