2 Kings 12:8

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

So the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.

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

7 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.”

8 So the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.

9 Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD.

10 Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal scribe and the high priest would go up, count the money brought into the house of the LORD, and tie it up in bags.

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2 Kings 12:8 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: So the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.
KJV King James Version: And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.
WEB World English Bible: The priests consented that they should take no more money from the people, and not repair the damage to the house.
ASV American Standard Version: And the priests consented that they should take no more money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: And the priests consent not to receive money from the people, nor to strengthen the breach of the house,
DBY Darby Translation: And the priests consented to receive no money of the people, and that they should only repair the breaches of the house.
WBS Webster Bible: And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.