Bible Strands
2 Kings 12:5
Let every priest receive it from his constituency, and let it be used to repair any damage found in the temple.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Joash commands the priests to collect census, vow, and voluntary offerings to fund temple maintenance.
The words — The Hebrew יִקְח֤וּ (yikḥû) commands priests to take funds from their respective districts, while יְחַזְּקוּ (yeḥazzĕqû) specifies that the collected money must be used to repair the temple’s damage.
The thread — This repair directive parallels the restoration commands in Isaiah 58:12 and the structural work noted in 1 Kings 11:27 and 2 Kings 12:12.
Why it lands — The text demands immediate, organized financial accountability from religious leaders for physical maintenance of sacred space.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 58:12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.
- 1 Kings 11:27 and this is the account of his rebellion against the king. Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the gap in the wall of the city of his father David.
- 2 Kings 12:12 masons, and stonecutters. They also purchased timber and dressed stone to repair the damage to the house of the LORD, and they paid the other expenses of the temple repairs.
- 2 Kings 22:5 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—
- 2 Chronicles 24:5 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.
- 2 Chronicles 24:7 For the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the house of God and had even used the sacred objects of the house of the LORD for the Baals.