2 Kings 12:7
in 2 Kings 12So 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.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore take no more money from your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 2 Kings 12
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Why repair ye not the breaches
on 2 Kings 12:7-8
The king who has reigned under Jehoiada's tutelage now corrects him, asking why the breaches remain after twenty three years of collecting. The rebuke names its own remedy in the same sentence: take no more money of your acquaintance, but hand it over for the breaches themselves. The priests consent, giving up both the collecting and the repairing at once, an office surrendered rather than defended.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"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 Awakening2 voices
Then King Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests,....
However, we commend his zeal, and blame him not for reproving even his tutor Jehoiada himself when he saw him remiss; and so convincing was his reproof that the priests owned themselves unworthy to be any longer employed, and consented to the taking of some other measures, and the giving up of the money they had received into other hands,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Why repair ye not the breaches of the house?--This mode of collection not proving so productive as was expected (the dilatoriness of the priests was the chief cause of the failure), a new arrangement was proposed.
The words behind it
24 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקְרָא֩ | vaiyikra' | and he summoned | H7121 → | 733 times |
| הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יְהוֹאָ֜שׁ | yehoash | Jehoash | H3060 → | 17 times |
| לִיהוֹיָדָ֤ע | lihoyada' | <to> Jehoiada | H3077 → | 51 times |
| הַכֹּהֵן֙ | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| וְלַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים | velakohanim | and <to> the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲלֵהֶ֔ם | ʾalehem | to them | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מַדּ֛וּעַ | madua' | why? | H4069 → | 72 times |
| אֵינְכֶ֥ם | ʾeinkhem | [are] not you | H369 → | 789 times |
| מְחַזְּקִ֖ים | mechazekim | repairing | H2388 → | 291 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בֶּ֣דֶק | bedek | [the] damage of | H919 → | 10 times |
| הַבָּ֑יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וְעַתָּ֗ה | veatah | and now | H6258 → | 433 times |
| אַל־ | ʾal- | may not | H408 → | 724 times |
| תִּקְחוּ־ | tikchu- | you take | H3947 → | 966 times |
| כֶ֙סֶף֙ | khesef | money | H3701 → | 403 times |
| מֵאֵ֣ת | meet | from with | H854 → | 929 times |
| מַכָּֽרֵיכֶ֔ם | makareikhem | acquaintances your | H4378 → | |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לְבֶ֥דֶק | levedek | for [the] damage of | H919 → | 10 times |
| הַבַּ֖יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| תִּתְּנֻֽהוּ׃ | titenuhu | you will give it | H5414 → | 2011 times |
וַיִּקְרָא֩and he summoned
vaiyikra'H7121 →733 times
הַמֶּ֨לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
יְהוֹאָ֜שׁJehoash
yehoashH3060 →17 times
לִיהוֹיָדָ֤ע<to> Jehoiada
lihoyada'H3077 →51 times
הַכֹּהֵן֙the priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
וְלַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםand <to> the priests
velakohanimH3548 →750 times
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֲלֵהֶ֔םto them
ʾalehemH413 →5510 times
מַדּ֛וּעַwhy?
madua'H4069 →72 times
אֵינְכֶ֥ם[are] not you
ʾeinkhemH369 →789 times
מְחַזְּקִ֖יםrepairing
mechazekimH2388 →291 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בֶּ֣דֶק[the] damage of
bedekH919 →10 times
הַבָּ֑יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
וְעַתָּ֗הand now
veatahH6258 →433 times
אַל־may not
ʾal-H408 →724 times
תִּקְחוּ־you take
tikchu-H3947 →966 times
כֶ֙סֶף֙money
khesefH3701 →403 times
מֵאֵ֣תfrom with
meetH854 →929 times
מַכָּֽרֵיכֶ֔םacquaintances your
makareikhemH4378 →
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
לְבֶ֥דֶקfor [the] damage of
levedekH919 →10 times
הַבַּ֖יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
תִּתְּנֻֽהוּ׃you will give it
titenuhuH5414 →2011 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
2 Kings 11:4Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 15:12
Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 11:9
So the commanders of hundreds did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—and came to Jehoiada the…
- 2 Kings 11:19
He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the…
- 2 Kings 11:17
Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.
- 2 Chronicles 15:12
Through
1 Chronicles 21:3But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 1:11
May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times over and bless you as He has promised.
- 1 Samuel 2:24
No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.
- Exodus 32:21
“What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”
- Numbers 32:9–10
For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.
- Deuteronomy 1:11
About 2 Kings
This page draws on Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 12:7; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.