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2 Kings 12:6

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By the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to the temple.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

KJV

But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

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This verse in 2 Kings 12

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
But it was so, that in the twenty and third year of King Jehoash, the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. Either the people being backward to pay in the money, or the priests converted it to their own use: or, however, were negligent of doing the work enjoined them by the king, either in collecting the money, or in using it as they were directed.

This site's exposition

cometh into any man’s heart

on 2 Kings 12:4-6

Jehoash names three streams of temple money in one breath, the assessed price of every soul numbered, the valuation price set on a vow, and whatever a man's own heart moves him to bring, the same threefold shape the law gave census money and vow redemption. The priests are told to collect it from their own acquaintance and repair the house wherever a breach is found, a plan built on personal trust rather than any office of accounting. Twenty three years pass and the breaches still stand, the money gathered but the work not done.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Ephrem the Syrian

ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 12:7 · Written before 373.

proposed

"Therefore King Joash summoned the priest Jehoiada with the other priests and said to them, 'Why are you not repairing the house?' " The reason why king Joash and the high priest Jehoiada called a meeting to discuss the repairing of the house of God …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

But what money was raised was not applied to the proper use: The breaches of the house were not repaired; the priests thought it might serve as well as it had done, and therefore put off repairing from time to time. Church work is usually slow work, but it is a pity that churchmen, of all men, should be slow at it.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

In the three and twentieth year - In what year Jehoash gave the orders for these repairs, we cannot tell; but the account here plainly intimates that they had been long given, and that nothing was done, merely through the inactivity and negligence of the priests; see 2Ch 24:6. It seems that the people had brought money in abundance, and the pious Jehoiada was over the priests, and yet nothing was done!
No money had for some time been brought in (marginal reference “g”). Perhaps it was difficult for the priests and Levites to know exactly what proportion of the money paid to them was fairly applicable to the temple service and to their own support; and what, consequently, was the balance which they ought to apply to the repairs.

The words behind it

13 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיְהִ֗יand it was

    vayhiH1961 →3559 times

  • בִּשְׁנַ֨תin year

    bishnatH8141 →877 times

  • עֶשְׂרִ֧יםtwenty

    ʾesrimH6242 →315 times

  • וְשָׁלֹ֛שׁand three

    veshaloshH7969 →432 times

  • שָׁנָ֖הyear

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • לַמֶּ֣לֶךְof the king

    lamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • יְהוֹאָ֑שׁJehoash

    yehoashH3060 →17 times

  • לֹֽא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • חִזְּק֥וּthey had repaired

    chizekuH2388 →291 times

  • הַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםthe priests

    hakohanimH3548 →750 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • בֶּ֥דֶק[the] damage of

    bedekH919 →10 times

  • הַבָּֽיִת׃the house

    habayitH1004 →2046 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Isaiah 56:10–12Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.2 works2 Chronicles 29:34However, since there were not enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests had been consecrated. For the Levites had been more diligent in consecrating themselves than the priests had been.2 works1 Samuel 2:29–30Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’2 worksPhilippians 2:21For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.2 works1 Peter 5:2Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;2 worksMalachi 1:10“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Philippians 2:21

    For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

    it leads to

    • 1 Corinthians 10:24

      No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.

    • 1 Corinthians 10:33

      as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.

    • Philippians 2:4

      Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

    • Matthew 16:24

      Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.

    • 2 Timothy 3:2

      For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

  • Through

    1 Peter 5:2

    Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;

    it leads to

    • Titus 1:7

      As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.

    • 1 Timothy 3:8

      Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.

    • Titus 3:1

      Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work,

About 2 Kings

Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
2 Kings: the study guide →Read 2 Kings 12 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 12:7; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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