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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/2_kings/12.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_kings/12.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />But by the twenty-third year of King Joash the priests still had not repaired the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_kings/12.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But by the twenty-third year of Joash’s reign, the priests still had not repaired the Temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_kings/12.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests had made no repairs on the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />By the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_kings/12.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But it was <i>so, that</i> in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/12.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now it was so, by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, <i>that</i> the priests had not repaired the damages of the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But it came about that in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests had not repaired <i>any</i> damage to the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/12.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />But it came about that in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash the priests had not repaired the damages of the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />But it came about that in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash the priests had not repaired the damages of the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now it happened that in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash the priests had not repaired the damages of the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But it came about in the twenty-third year of [the reign of] King Jehoash, that the priests <i>still</i> had not repaired the damages of the <i>L</i><i>ORD’S</i> house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But by the twenty-third year of the reign of King Joash, the priests had not repaired the damage to the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But by the twenty-third year of the reign of King Joash, the priests had not repaired the damage to the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But the priests never started repairing the temple. So in the twenty-third year of his rule, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But by Joash's twenty-third year as king, the priests still had not repaired the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But by the twenty-third year of Joash's reign the priests still had not made any repairs in the Temple. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/12.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But 23 years into the reign of king Jehoash, the priests still had not repaired the leaks in the Temple. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />By the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/12.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />By the twenty-third year of King Jehoash's reign the priests had still not repaired the damage to the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But it was so, that in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash the priests had not repaired the damage to the house. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And it comes to pass, in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests have not strengthened the breach of the house,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And it cometh to pass, in the twenty and third year of king Jehoash, the priests have not strengthened the breach of the house,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And it will be in the year the twenty and third year to king Jehoash, and the priests strengthened not the breach of the house.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Now till the three and twentieth year of king Joas, the priests did not make the repairs of the temple. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And yet, even until the twenty-third year of king Jehoash, the priests did not repair the surfaces of the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Nevertheless, as late as the twenty-third year of the reign of King Joash, the priests had not made needed repairs on the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash the priests had made no repairs on the house.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But it was so, that even in the twenty-third year of King Joash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And in the twentythird year of King Yoash, the Priests had not made a repair of the house.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And it came to pass in the twenty-third year of king Joas the priests <i>had</i> not repaired the breaches of the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/12-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=4109" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/12.htm">Joash Repairs the Temple</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>Let every priest receive it from his constituency, and let it be used to repair any damage found in the temple.” <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: ‘eś·rîm (Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth.">By the twenty-third</a> <a href="/hebrew/7969.htm" title="7969: wə·šā·lōš (Conj-w:: Number-fs) -- A three, triad. Or shalosh; masculine shlowshah; or shloshah; a primitive number; three; occasionally third, or Thrice."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: biš·naṯ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">year</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: lam·me·leḵ (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- King. From malak; a king.">of the reign</a> <a href="/hebrew/3060.htm" title="3060: yə·hō·w·’āš (N-proper-ms) -- Yah is strong, the name of several Isr. From Yhovah and 'esh; Jehovah-fired; Jehoash, the name of two Israelite kings.">of Joash,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">however,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: hak·kō·hă·nîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">the priests</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">had not yet</a> <a href="/hebrew/2388.htm" title="2388: ḥiz·zə·qū (V-Piel-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong, obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer.">repaired</a> <a href="/hebrew/919.htm" title="919: be·ḏeq (N-msc) -- A fissure, rent, breach. From badaq; a gap or leak.">the damage</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·bā·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">to the temple.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>So King Joash called Jehoiada and the other priests and said, “Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, therefore, take no more money from your constituency, but hand it over for the repair of the temple.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/24-5.htm">2 Chronicles 24:5</a></span><br />So he gathered the priests and Levites and said, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the house of your God. Do it quickly.” The Levites, however, did not make haste.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/24-4.htm">2 Chronicles 24:4</a></span><br />Some time later, Joash set his heart on repairing the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/24-6.htm">2 Chronicles 24:6</a></span><br />So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/24-12.htm">2 Chronicles 24:12</a></span><br />Then the king and Jehoiada would give the money to those who supervised the labor on the house of the LORD to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, as well as workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/22-5.htm">2 Kings 22:5-6</a></span><br />And let them deliver it into the hands of the supervisors of those doing the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn are to give it to the workmen repairing the damages to the house of the LORD— / to the carpenters, builders, and masons—to buy timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/3-1.htm">Nehemiah 3:1-32</a></span><br />At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall. / The men of Jericho built next to Eliashib, and Zaccur son of Imri built next to them. / The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/haggai/1-4.htm">Haggai 1:4</a></span><br />“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/haggai/1-2.htm">Haggai 1:2</a></span><br />that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/3-7.htm">Ezra 3:7</a></span><br />They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/6-14.htm">Ezra 6:14</a></span><br />So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-12.htm">1 Kings 6:12</a></span><br />“As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-11.htm">1 Kings 11:11</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/12-15.htm">1 Kings 12:15</a></span><br />So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-12.htm">Matthew 21:12-13</a></span><br />Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. / And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/11-15.htm">Mark 11:15-17</a></span><br />When they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. / And He would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. / Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/2-29.htm">1 Samuel 2:29,30</a></b></br> Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded <i>in my</i> habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/29-34.htm">2 Chronicles 29:34</a></b></br> But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the <i>other</i> priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites <i>were</i> more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/56-10.htm">Isaiah 56:10-12</a></b></br> His watchmen <i>are</i> blind: they are all ignorant, they <i>are</i> all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/12-5.htm">Breach</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-5.htm">Breaches</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-5.htm">Damaged</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-5.htm">Damages</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-5.htm">Good</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-5.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-4.htm">Jehoash</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-2.htm">Jeho'ash</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-2.htm">Joash</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-7.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-5.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-30.htm">Repaired</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-5.htm">Repairs</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-8.htm">Strengthened</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-15.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-6.htm">Third</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-5.htm">Three</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-9.htm">Twentieth</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-36.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-30.htm">Twenty-Third</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/12-8.htm">Breach</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-7.htm">Breaches</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-8.htm">Damaged</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-7.htm">Damages</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-8.htm">Good</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-7.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-7.htm">Jehoash</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-10.htm">Jeho'ash</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-19.htm">Joash</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-23.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-7.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-14.htm">Repaired</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-12.htm">Repairs</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-14.htm">Strengthened</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-8.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-1.htm">Third</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-1.htm">Three</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-1.htm">Twentieth</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-1.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-1.htm">Twenty-Third</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 12</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/12-1.htm">Jehoash reigns well all the days of Jehoiada</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/12-4.htm">He gives order for the repair of the temple</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/12-17.htm">Hazael is diverted from Jerusalem by a present of the hallowed treasures</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/12-19.htm">Jehoash being slain, Amaziah succeeds him</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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His reign is noted for the restoration of the temple, which had fallen into disrepair. The twenty-third year marks a significant point in his reign, highlighting a period of stagnation in the temple repairs. This delay reflects the challenges in leadership and the complexities of managing religious and political duties. Joash's reign is a reminder of the importance of perseverance and accountability in leadership.<p><b>however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to the temple</b><br>The temple, central to Jewish worship and national identity, had suffered damage over the years, possibly due to neglect and previous invasions. The priests were responsible for maintaining the temple, but their failure to repair it by this time suggests issues of mismanagement or misallocation of resources. This situation underscores the need for integrity and diligence in handling sacred duties. The delay in repairs can be seen as a metaphor for spiritual neglect, emphasizing the need for renewal and restoration in one's relationship with God. The temple's restoration is a precursor to the ultimate restoration through Jesus Christ, who referred to His body as the temple (<a href="/john/2-19.htm">John 2:19-21</a>), symbolizing the new covenant and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in believers.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/joash.htm">Joash (Jehoash)</a></b><br>King of Judah who began his reign at a young age and was initially guided by the priest Jehoiada. He is noted for his efforts to repair the temple.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_priests.htm">The Priests</a></b><br>Religious leaders responsible for the temple's upkeep and spiritual guidance of the people. In this context, they were tasked with repairing the temple but had not fulfilled their duties.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple (House of the LORD)</a></b><br>The central place of worship for the Israelites in Jerusalem, which had fallen into disrepair and needed restoration.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jehoiada.htm">Jehoiada</a></b><br>The high priest who played a significant role in Joash's early reign, providing spiritual and political guidance.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_twenty-third_year_of_joash's_reign.htm">The Twenty-Third Year of Joash's Reign</a></b><br>A specific time marker indicating a prolonged period during which the temple repairs were neglected.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/a/accountability_in_leadership.htm">Accountability in Leadership</a></b><br>Leaders, both spiritual and secular, must be held accountable for their responsibilities. Joash's failure to ensure the temple repairs were completed serves as a reminder of the importance of oversight and diligence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/prioritizing_god's_work.htm">Prioritizing God's Work</a></b><br>The neglect of the temple repairs highlights the danger of allowing God's work to become secondary. Believers are called to prioritize their spiritual commitments and ensure that God's house and mission are maintained.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_stewardship.htm">The Role of Stewardship</a></b><br>The priests' failure to repair the temple underscores the importance of faithful stewardship. Christians are entrusted with resources and responsibilities that must be managed wisely for God's glory.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_neglect.htm">The Consequences of Neglect</a></b><br>Neglecting spiritual duties can lead to deterioration, both physically and spiritually. Regular attention to one's spiritual life and commitments is essential for growth and health.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_follow-through.htm">The Importance of Follow-Through</a></b><br>Good intentions must be matched with action. Joash's initial desire to repair the temple was commendable, but it required persistent effort and follow-through to be realized.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 12</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_were_temple_repairs_delayed.htm">How do we reconcile the lengthy temple repair delays (2 Kings 12:6–7) with the supposed zeal of Jehoash and the priests? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_2_chr_24_and_2_kgs_12_differ.htm">Why does the account of Joash's temple restoration in 2 Chronicles 24 seem to conflict with the version in 2 Kings 12 regarding the funds and methods used?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_jehoash's_faithfulness_contradicted.htm">What explains the contradictory portrayal of Jehoash's faithfulness here versus his assassination in 2 Kings 12:20, appearing to undermine his supposed righteousness?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_jehoash_bribe_hazael,_not_god.htm">If Jehoash 'did what was right' (2 Kings 12:2), why did he later resort to bribing Hazael with sacred treasures rather than relying on divine intervention?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">In the three and twentieth year.</span>--Jenoash may have ordered the restoration in his twentieth year, when he came of age. It is noticeable that he and not Jehoiada takes the initiative in the matter. The chronicler states that the king had ordered the priests <span class= "ital">and the Levites</span> "to hasten the matter," but that "the Levites hastened it not."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of King Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.</span> No charge is made against the priests of malversation or embezzlement. They had simply been negligent. Probably very little money had come in; and they had not been very active in their endeavors to obtain larger contributions. It must be remembered that what went to the fabric fund would, for the most part, be a deduction from the ordinary revenue of the temple, which was not, perhaps, much in excess of the ordinary demands upon it. We can, therefore, quite understand that the king's policy would not be popular with the priests (see <a href="/2_chronicles/24-5.htm">2 Chronicles 24:5</a>). Still, it is to be observed that they are not said to have executed no repairs, but only not to have "made haste" and completed their task by the time that the king looked for its completion. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/12-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">But</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְהִ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(way·hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by the twenty-third</span><br /><span class="heb">עֶשְׂרִ֧ים</span> <span class="translit">(‘eś·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6242.htm">Strong's 6242: </a> </span><span class="str2">Twenty, twentieth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">year</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּשְׁנַ֨ת</span> <span class="translit">(biš·naṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the reign</span><br /><span class="heb">לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(lam·me·leḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Joash,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוֹאָ֑שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hō·w·’āš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3060.htm">Strong's 3060: </a> </span><span class="str2">Joash -- 'Yah is strong', the name of several Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the priests</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kō·hă·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> </span><span class="str2">Priest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">repaired</span><br /><span class="heb">חִזְּק֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥiz·zə·qū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2388.htm">Strong's 2388: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the damage</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶּ֥דֶק</span> <span class="translit">(be·ḏeq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_919.htm">Strong's 919: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fissure, rent, breach</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the temple.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבָּֽיִת׃</span> <span class="translit">(hab·bā·yiṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/12-6.htm">2 Kings 12:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/12-6.htm">2 Kings 12:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/12-6.htm">2 Kings 12:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/12-6.htm">2 Kings 12:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/12-6.htm">2 Kings 12:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/12-6.htm">2 Kings 12:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/12-6.htm">2 Kings 12:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/12-6.htm">2 Kings 12:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/12-6.htm">2 Kings 12:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/12-6.htm">2 Kings 12:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/12-6.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 12:6 But it was so that (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/12-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 12:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 12:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/12-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 12:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 12:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>