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and let them repair the damages of the temple, wherever any dilapidation is found.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The priests are to take it for themselves, each from his acquaintance; and they shall repair damage to the house wherever any damage is found.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/12.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />let the priests take it for themselves, each from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the damages of the house wherever any damage may be found.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />let the priests take it for themselves, each from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the damages of the house wherever any damage may be found.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />let the priests take it for themselves, each from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the damages of the house wherever any damage may be found.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />let the priests receive such contributions for themselves, each from his acquaintance; and they shall repair any breach in the house <i>of the L</i><i>ORD</i>, wherever a breach is found.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />each priest is to take it from his assessor and repair whatever damage is found in 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 />each priest is to take from his assessor and repair whatever damage to the temple is found.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />let the priests take it to them, every man from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and use it to repair the temple whenever you see the need." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />let the priests take it to them, every man from his acquaintance: and they shall repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Each of the priests should receive it from the donors and use it to make repairs on the temple where they are needed."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Each priest was to be responsible for the money brought by those he served, and the money was to be used to repair the Temple, as needed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/12.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Let the priests get support for themselves from their own donors, and let them repair the Temple wherever a leak in need of repair is discovered."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Let every priest receive it from his constituency, and let it be used to repair any damage found in the temple.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/12.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The priests should receive the silver they need from the treasurers and repair any damage to the temple they discover." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />let the priests take it to them, every man from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the breaches of the house, wherever any breach shall be found."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wherever any breach shall be found.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />let the priests take it to them, each man from his donor; and they shall repair the damage to the house, wherever any damage is found.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />the priests take to themselves, each from his acquaintance, and they strengthen the breach of the house in all [places] there where a breach is found.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> do the priests take to them, each from his acquaintance, and they strengthen the breach of the house, in all places where there is found a breach.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The priests shall take to themselves a man from his selling; and they shall make firm the breach of the house to all which a breach shall be found there.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Let the priests take it according to their order, and repair the house, wheresoever they shall see any thing that wanteth repairing. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />let the priests, according to their ranks, take and use it in order to repair the surfaces of the house, wherever they see anything in need of repair.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />the priests may take for themselves, each from his own vendor. However, they must make whatever repairs on the temple may prove necessary.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />let the priests receive from each of the donors; and let them repair the house wherever any need of repairs is discovered.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Let the priests receive it, every man from him who has decided to give; and let them spend it for the repairing of the house, wherever a breach to be repaired shall be found in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The Priests shall take for themselves, each man, from whatever is decided, and they shall be bringing for the repair of the house wherever repairing is possible in it.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />let the priests take it to them, every man from him that bestoweth it upon him; and they shall repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />let the priests take it to themselves, every man from <i>the proceeds of</i> his sale: and they shall repair the breaches of the house in all <i>places</i> wheresoever a breach shall be found.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/12-5.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=4099" 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">4</span>Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">Let every</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: mê·’êṯ (Prep-m:: DirObjM) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc."></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.">priest</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: yiq·ḥū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">receive it</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4378.htm" title="4378: mak·kā·rōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Acquaintance, friend. From nakar; an acquaintance.">from his constituency,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: wə·hêm (Conj-w:: Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">and let it be used</a> <a href="/hebrew/2388.htm" title="2388: yə·ḥaz·zə·qū (V-Piel-Imperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong, obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer.">to repair</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/3605.htm" title="3605: lə·ḵōl (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/919.htm" title="919: be·ḏeq (N-msc) -- A fissure, rent, breach. From badaq; a gap or leak.">any damage</a> <a href="/hebrew/919.htm" title="919: bā·ḏeq (N-ms) -- A fissure, rent, breach. From badaq; a gap or leak."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: yim·mā·ṣê (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To attain to, find. ">found</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·ba·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">in the temple.”</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence."></a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>By the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to 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/24-4.htm">2 Chronicles 24:4-14</a></span><br />Some time later, Joash set his heart on repairing the house of the LORD. / 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. / 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="/exodus/25-2.htm">Exodus 25:2</a></span><br />“Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-12.htm">1 Kings 6:12-13</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. / And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-27.htm">1 Kings 8:27-30</a></span><br />But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built. / Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today. / May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/22-3.htm">2 Kings 22:3-7</a></span><br />Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent the scribe, Shaphan son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the house of the LORD, saying, / “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him count the money that has been brought into the house of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people. / 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— ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/10-32.htm">Nehemiah 10:32-39</a></span><br />We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God: / for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God. / We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring it to the house of our God to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-8.htm">Malachi 3:8-10</a></span><br />Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings. / You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me. / Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.<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.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-45.htm">Luke 19:45-46</a></span><br />Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there. / He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/2-14.htm">John 2:14-16</a></span><br />In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables. / So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. / To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/4-34.htm">Acts 4:34-35</a></span><br />There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales, / and lay them at the apostles’ feet for distribution to anyone as he had need.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/5-1.htm">Acts 5:1-4</a></span><br />Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. / With his wife’s full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostles’ feet. / Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/15-25.htm">Romans 15:25-27</a></span><br />Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem to serve the saints there. / For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem. / They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to minister to them with material blessings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/16-1.htm">1 Corinthians 16:1-2</a></span><br />Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia: / On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wherever any breach shall be found.</p><p class="hdg">Let the priests</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/24-5.htm">2 Chronicles 24:5</a></b></br> And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened <i>it</i> not.</p><p class="hdg">let them repair</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/12-12.htm">2 Kings 12:12</a></b></br> And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair <i>it</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/22-5.htm">2 Kings 22:5,6</a></b></br> And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which <i>is</i> in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/11-27.htm">1 Kings 11:27</a></b></br> And this <i>was</i> the cause that he lifted up <i>his</i> hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, <i>and</i> repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ruth/3-2.htm">Acquaintance</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-27.htm">Breach</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-27.htm">Breaches</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-25.htm">Damage</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-27.htm">Damaged</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-10.htm">Damages</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-16.htm">Discovered</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-13.htm">Found</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-11.htm">Friends</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-5.htm">Good</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-4.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-4.htm">Money</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-10.htm">Need</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-3.htm">Neighbours</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-3.htm">Places</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-2.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-4.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-26.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/luke/11-47.htm">Repair</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-7.htm">Repairs</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-22.htm">Strengthen</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-11.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/daniel/3-3.htm">Treasurers</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-27.htm">Used</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-14.htm">Whatever</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-1.htm">Wheresoever</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-1.htm">Wherever</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/12-7.htm">Acquaintance</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-6.htm">Breach</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-6.htm">Breaches</a> <a href="/ezra/4-13.htm">Damage</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-6.htm">Damaged</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-6.htm">Damages</a> <a href="/ezra/4-19.htm">Discovered</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-10.htm">Found</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-35.htm">Friends</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-6.htm">Good</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-6.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-7.htm">Money</a> <a href="/2_kings/22-7.htm">Need</a> <a href="/ezra/1-6.htm">Neighbours</a> <a href="/2_kings/14-4.htm">Places</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-7.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-6.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-7.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-7.htm">Repair</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-6.htm">Repairs</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-8.htm">Strengthen</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-8.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/ezra/7-21.htm">Treasurers</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-13.htm">Used</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-7.htm">Whatever</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-6.htm">Wheresoever</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-7.htm">Wherever</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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The priests were instructed to collect funds from their respective constituencies, which refers to the people they served. This reflects the decentralized nature of ancient Israelite society, where local communities were responsible for supporting religious institutions. The priests acted as intermediaries between the people and God, and their role in collecting funds underscores their leadership and responsibility in maintaining the temple. This system of collection can be compared to the tithes and offerings mentioned in other parts of the Old Testament, such as in <a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Malachi 3:10</a>, where the people are encouraged to bring their tithes into the storehouse.<p><b>and let it be used to repair any damage found in the temple.</b><br>The temple in Jerusalem was central to Israelite worship and was originally built by King Solomon. Over time, due to neglect and possibly the influence of idolatrous practices introduced by previous kings, the temple had fallen into disrepair. The directive to use the funds specifically for repairs highlights the importance of maintaining the sanctity and functionality of the temple as a place of worship. This restoration effort can be seen as a physical manifestation of spiritual renewal, paralleling the reforms of other kings like Hezekiah and Josiah, who also sought to restore proper worship practices. The emphasis on repairing the temple can be seen as a type of Christ, who referred to His body as the temple (<a href="/john/2-19.htm">John 2:19-21</a>), symbolizing the restoration and renewal He brings to believers.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/joash.htm">Joash (Jehoash)</a></b><br>The king of Judah who initiated the repair of the temple. He was concerned with the proper worship of God and the maintenance of the temple.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a></b><br>The religious leaders responsible for collecting funds and overseeing the repair work of the temple. They were expected to be stewards of the resources given for God's work.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/temple_of_the_lord.htm">Temple of the LORD</a></b><br>The central place of worship in Jerusalem, which had fallen into disrepair. It symbolized the presence of God among His people and the importance of maintaining a place dedicated to His worship.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/constituency.htm">Constituency</a></b><br>The people from whom the priests were to collect funds. This term indicates the communal responsibility in supporting the temple's upkeep.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/r/repair_of_the_temple.htm">Repair of the Temple</a></b><br>The event of restoring the temple to its former glory, reflecting the spiritual renewal and dedication to God’s service.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/stewardship_of_resources.htm">Stewardship of Resources</a></b><br>God calls His people to be responsible stewards of the resources He provides, ensuring they are used for His glory and purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a></b><br>The repair of the temple was a communal effort, reminding us that maintaining the house of God is a shared responsibility among believers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_renewal.htm">Spiritual Renewal</a></b><br>Physical repairs of the temple symbolize the need for spiritual renewal and dedication to God’s service in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_accountability.htm">Leadership and Accountability</a></b><br>Leaders, like the priests, are accountable for the resources entrusted to them and must act with integrity and diligence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/prioritizing_worship.htm">Prioritizing Worship</a></b><br>The emphasis on repairing the temple underscores the priority of worship in the life of God’s people, calling us to prioritize our relationship with Him.<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_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/how_many_overseers_did_solomon_appoint.htm">How many overseers did Solomon appoint for the work of building the temple? Three thousand six hundred (2 Chronicles 2:2) Three thousand three hundred (I Kings 5:16)</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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_the_bronze_sea's_capacity_differ.htm">How do we reconcile the apparent capacity discrepancy of the bronze sea between 1 Kings 7:26 (2,000 baths) and 2 Chronicles 4:5 (3,000 baths)?</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>(5) <span class= "bld">Every man of his acquaintance.</span>--See <a href="/2_chronicles/24-5.htm" title="And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that you hasten the matter. However, the Levites hastened it not.">2Chronicles 24:5</a>. From that passage it is evident that the chronicler understood that the priests were required to collect such moneys, each in his own city and district, year by year. Our text, taken alone, would seem to imply that persons going to the Temple to have the value of vows estimated, or to make free-will offerings, resorted to the priests whom they knew. (The word rendered "acquaintance" only occurs in this account.)<p><span class= "bld">The breaches of the house.</span>--The dilapidations of the Temple were serious, not because of its age--it had only stood about 130 years--but owing to the wanton attacks of Athaliah and her sons (comp. <a href="/2_chronicles/24-7.htm" title="For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow on Baalim.">2Chronicles 24:7</a>), who had, moreover, diverted the revenues of the sanctuary to the support of the Baalworship.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance.</span> The money was to be gathered of "all Israel," out of all "the cities of Judah" (<a href="/2_chronicles/24-5.htm">2 Chronicles 24:5</a>). The priests of each locality were to be the collectors, and would therefore gather "of their acquaintance." As we cannot suppose that very much would accrue from either the first or second source, since a census was rarely taken, and personal vows were not very common, we must regard the command of Joash as, in the main, the authorization of a general collection throughout the kingdom of voluntary contributions towards the temple repairs, and so as analogous to the "letters" which our own sovereigns, or archbishops, issue from time to time for collections in churches for special objects. <span class="cmt_word">And let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.</span> The "breaches," or dilapidations, may have been caused, partly by the neglect of necessary repairs during the reigns of Jehoram, Ahaziah, and Athaliah; but they were mainly the result of the willful violence of Athaliah (<a href="/2_chronicles/24-7.htm">2 Chronicles 24:7</a>). Apparently, the damage done must have been very great. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/12-5.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">Let every</span><br /><span class="heb">אִ֖ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">priest</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים</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">receive [it]</span><br /><span class="heb">יִקְח֤וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yiq·ḥū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from his constituency,</span><br /><span class="heb">מַכָּר֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(mak·kā·rōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4378.htm">Strong's 4378: </a> </span><span class="str2">Acquaintance, friend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and let it be used</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהֵ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> </span><span class="str2">They</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to repair</span><br /><span class="heb">יְחַזְּקוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ḥaz·zə·qū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine 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">any damage</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶּ֣דֶק</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">found</span><br /><span class="heb">יִמָּצֵ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(yim·mā·ṣê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the temple.”</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבַּ֔יִת</span> <span class="translit">(hab·ba·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/12-5.htm">2 Kings 12:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/12-5.htm">2 Kings 12:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/12-5.htm">2 Kings 12:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/12-5.htm">2 Kings 12:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/12-5.htm">2 Kings 12:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/12-5.htm">2 Kings 12:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/12-5.htm">2 Kings 12:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/12-5.htm">2 Kings 12:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/12-5.htm">2 Kings 12:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/12-5.htm">2 Kings 12:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/12-5.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 12:5 Let the priests take it to them (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/12-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 12:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 12:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/12-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 12:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 12:6" /></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>