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2 Kings 12:7
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.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — King Joash summons Jehoiada and the priests in the twenty-third year of his reign to confront their failure to repair the temple. He issues a direct command to halt their collection of funds and redirect those resources to the building's restoration.
The words — וַיִּקְרָא (va-yiqra') translates "and he called/summoned," and וַיֹּאמֶר (va-yomer) translates "and he said," structuring Joash's authoritative intervention and verbal directive to the priestly leadership.
The thread — The passage links to the prior record of the priests' inaction (2 Kings 12:6) and Joash's earlier righteous reign under Jehoiada's instruction (2 Kings 12:2), while mirroring royal summons to officials in 2 Kings 11:4.
Why it lands — The text requires religious administrators to account for their stewardship and immediately transfer collected funds to their designated sacred purpose rather than retaining them.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 11:4 Then 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 and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son
- 2 Kings 12:2 And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was instructed by Jehoiada the priest.
- 1 Chronicles 21:3 But 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 should he bring guilt on Israel?”
- 2 Chronicles 23:1 Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself and made a covenant with the commanders of hundreds—with Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri.
- 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 24:16 And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.