Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The priests agreed that they would not collect any more money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves. New Living Translation So the priests agreed not to accept any more money from the people, and they also agreed to let others take responsibility for repairing the Temple. English Standard Version So the priests agreed that they should take no more money from the people, and that they should not repair the house. 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. Berean Literal Bible And the priests agreed to receive no more silver from the people, nor to strengthen the breach of the house. King James Bible And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house. New King James Version And the priests agreed that they would neither receive more money from the people, nor repair the damages of the temple. New American Standard Bible The priests then agreed that they would not take any more money from the people, nor would they repair damage to the house. NASB 1995 So the priests agreed that they would take no more money from the people, nor repair the damages of the house. NASB 1977 So the priests agreed that they should take no more money from the people, nor repair the damages of the house. Legacy Standard Bible So the priests agreed that they would take no more money from the people, nor repair the damages of the house. Amplified Bible So the priests agreed that they would receive no [more] money from the people, nor [be responsible to] repair the damages of the house. Berean Annotated Bible So the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves. Christian Standard Bible So the priests agreed that they would receive no silver from the people and would not be the ones to repair the temple’s damage. Holman Christian Standard Bible So the priests agreed they would not take money from the people and they would not repair the temple’s damage. American Standard Version And the priests consented that they should take no more money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house. Contemporary English Version The priests agreed that they would not collect any more money or be in charge of the temple repairs. English Revised Version And the priests consented that they should take no more money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house. GOD'S WORD® Translation The priests agreed neither to receive money from the people [for personal use] nor to be responsible for repairing the temple. Good News Translation The priests agreed to this and also agreed not to make the repairs in the Temple. International Standard Version So the priests agreed to receive no more cash from the people, but they didn't repair the leaks in the Temple, either. NET Bible The priests agreed not to collect silver from the people and relieved themselves of personal responsibility for the temple repairs. New Heart English Bible The priests consented that they should take no more money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house. Webster's Bible Translation And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleSo the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves. World English Bible The priests consented that they should take no more money from the people, and not repair the damage to the house. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd the priests do not consent to receive money from the people, nor to strengthen the breach of the house, Berean Literal Bible And the priests agreed to receive no more silver from the people, nor to strengthen the breach of the house. Young's Literal Translation And the priests consent not to receive money from the people, nor to strengthen the breach of the house, Smith's Literal Translation And the priests will consent not to take silver from the people, and not to strengthen the breach of the house. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd the priests were forbidden to take any more money of the people, and to make the repairs of the house. Catholic Public Domain Version And so the priests were prohibited from accepting any more money from the people to repair the surfaces of the house. New American Bible So the priests agreed that they would neither take funds from the people nor make the repairs on the temple. New Revised Standard Version So the priests agreed that they would neither accept more money from the people nor repair the house. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSo the priests agreed not to receive any more money from the people, nor to repair the breaches of the house. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the Priests were persuaded not to take money from the people and to not make the repairs of the house. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the priests consented that they should take no longer money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, and not to repair the breaches of the house. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Joash Repairs the Temple…7So 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.” 8So the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves. 9Then 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.… Cross References So the priests agreed 2 Chronicles 24:4-6 Some time later, Joash set his heart on repairing the house of the LORD. / 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. / So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?” 2 Chronicles 24:8-10 At the king’s command a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the house of the LORD. / And a proclamation was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they were to bring to the LORD the tax imposed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness. / All the officers and all the people rejoiced and brought their contributions, and they dropped them in the chest until it was full. 1 Chronicles 29:3-9 Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give for it my personal treasures of gold and silver, over and above all that I have provided for this holy temple: / three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings, / for the gold work and the silver work, and for all the work to be done by the craftsmen. Now who is willing to consecrate himself to the LORD today?” … that they would not receive money from the people 2 Chronicles 34:9-13 So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites who guarded the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, from all Judah and Benjamin, and from the people of Jerusalem. / They put it into the hands of those supervising the work in the house of the LORD, who in turn gave it to the workmen restoring and repairing the house of the LORD. / They also gave money to the carpenters and builders to buy dressed stone, as well as timbers for couplings and beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to deteriorate. … Exodus 30:11-16 Then the LORD said to Moses, / “When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when they are numbered. / Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD. … Ezra 7:16-17 together with all the silver and gold you may find in all the province of Babylon, as well as the freewill offerings of the people and priests to the house of their God in Jerusalem. / With this money, therefore, you are to buy as many bulls, rams, and lambs as needed, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings, and offer them on the altar at the house of your God in Jerusalem. and that they would not repair the temple themselves. 2 Chronicles 24:12-14 Then the king and Jehoiada would give the money to those who supervised the labor on the house of the LORD to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, as well as workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD. / So the workmen labored, and in their hands the repair work progressed. They restored the house of God according to its specifications, and they reinforced it. / When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made articles for the house of the LORD—utensils for the service and for the burnt offerings, dishes, and other objects of gold and silver. Throughout the days of Jehoiada, burnt offerings were presented regularly in the house of the LORD. 2 Kings 22:4-7 “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him count the money that has been brought into the house of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people. / 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— / to the carpenters, builders, and masons—to buy timber and dressed stone to repair the temple. … Ezra 3:7-8 They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia. / In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD. 2 Chronicles 24:5-6 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. / So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?” 2 Chronicles 24:9-10 And a proclamation was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they were to bring to the LORD the tax imposed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness. / All the officers and all the people rejoiced and brought their contributions, and they dropped them in the chest until it was full. Exodus 30:12-16 “When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when they are numbered. / Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD. / Everyone twenty years of age or older who crosses over must give this offering to the LORD. … Nehemiah 10:32-33 We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God: / for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God. Leviticus 27:2-8 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When someone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the value of persons, / if the valuation concerns a male from twenty to sixty years of age, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel. / Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels. … 1 Kings 7:51 So all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD. 1 Chronicles 29:6-9 Then the leaders of the families, the officers of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials in charge of the king’s work gave willingly. / Toward the service of God’s house they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron. / Whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the LORD, under the care of Jehiel the Gershonite. … Treasury of Scripture And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house. Jump to Previous Agreed Agreement Breach Breaches Collect Consent Consented Damaged Damages Good House Longer Money Priests Receive Repair Strengthen Temple ThemselvesJump to Next Agreed Agreement Breach Breaches Collect Consent Consented Damaged Damages Good House Longer Money Priests Receive Repair Strengthen Temple Themselves2 Kings 12 1. Jehoash reigns well all the days of Jehoiada4. He gives order for the repair of the temple 17. Hazael is diverted from Jerusalem by a present of the hallowed treasures 19. Jehoash being slain, Amaziah succeeds him So the priests agreed This phrase indicates a consensus among the priests, suggesting a collective decision-making process. In the context of ancient Israel, priests held significant religious authority and were responsible for temple rituals and maintenance. Their agreement reflects a shift in responsibility, possibly due to inefficiencies or mismanagement in handling temple funds. This decision aligns with the broader biblical theme of accountability and stewardship, as seen in other scriptures like Nehemiah 13:11, where leaders are called to correct neglect in temple service. that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves Persons / Places / Events 1. Jehoash (Joash)King of Judah who initiated the repair of the temple. His reign is marked by efforts to restore the temple, which had fallen into disrepair. 2. Priests Religious leaders responsible for temple services and maintenance. In this context, they agreed to a new system for collecting funds for temple repairs. 3. Temple of the LORD The central place of worship in Jerusalem, which had suffered neglect and required restoration. 4. Jehoiada the Priest The high priest during Jehoash's reign, who played a significant role in the king's early years and in the temple's restoration efforts. 5. People of Judah The citizens who contributed financially to the temple's upkeep and repair. Teaching Points Stewardship of ResourcesThe passage highlights the importance of responsible stewardship of resources for the maintenance of places of worship. Believers are called to contribute to the upkeep of their church facilities. Accountability in Leadership The priests' agreement to not handle the funds directly underscores the need for transparency and accountability in church leadership. Systems should be in place to ensure integrity in financial matters. Community Involvement The repair of the temple was a community effort, reminding us that maintaining the church is a collective responsibility. Everyone has a role to play in supporting the church's mission and facilities. Prioritizing Worship The focus on repairing the temple reflects the priority that should be given to worship and the spaces where it occurs. Our commitment to God should be evident in how we care for our places of worship. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of 2 Kings 12:8?2. How does 2 Kings 12:8 demonstrate accountability in handling church finances today? 3. What lessons on integrity can we learn from 2 Kings 12:8? 4. How does 2 Kings 12:8 connect with New Testament teachings on stewardship? 5. Why is transparency important in church leadership, as seen in 2 Kings 12:8? 6. How can we apply the principles of 2 Kings 12:8 in our community? 7. Why did the priests refuse to accept money in 2 Kings 12:8? 8. What does 2 Kings 12:8 reveal about the temple's financial management? 9. How does 2 Kings 12:8 reflect on the integrity of religious leaders? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 12? 11. Why is the altar of burnt offering significant? 12. If Jehoash 'did what was right' (2 Kings 12:2), why did he later resort to bribing Hazael with sacred treasures rather than relying on divine intervention? 13. How do we reconcile the lengthy temple repair delays (2 Kings 12:6-7) with the supposed zeal of Jehoash and the priests? 14. Deuteronomy 26:3 mentions going to the priest; who fulfilled this role before the Tabernacle or after the Temple's destruction, and does history support a continuous priestly lineage? What Does 2 Kings 12:8 Mean The priests agreed• Earlier, King Joash had ordered the priests to collect offerings for temple repairs (2 Kings 12:4–5; 2 Chron 24:5). • Years passed with no visible progress (2 Kings 12:6), so Joash confronted the priests and proposed a new plan (2 Kings 12:7). • Their “agreement” shows submission to rightful authority and willingness to change methods when the work of God was being hindered—much like the Levites later obeyed Hezekiah’s reforms (2 Chron 29:15–16). That they would not receive money from the people • The priests relinquished personal control over the contributions. This removed any suspicion of mishandling funds and protected their integrity, echoing Paul’s care for financial transparency in ministry (2 Corinthians 8:20–21). • Responsibility for gathering and safeguarding the silver shifted to designated officials (2 Kings 12:9–10), paralleling the appointment of trustworthy men in Nehemiah’s day to guard the temple treasury (Nehemiah 13:13). • By stepping back, the priests allowed the focus to remain on God’s house rather than on themselves. And that they would not repair the temple themselves • Skilled craftsmen, not clergy, would now handle the physical work (2 Kings 12:11–12), illustrating the principle of different gifts and callings within God’s people (Exodus 31:1–6; 1 Corinthians 12:4–7). • The priests could devote themselves to worship and teaching, as Levites later did when others rebuilt Jerusalem’s wall (Nehemiah 12:27–30). • This division of labor ensured excellence in construction and purity in ministry, foreshadowing the New Testament pattern where elders focus on prayer and the Word while deacons oversee practical matters (Acts 6:2–4). summary 2 Kings 12:8 records a pivotal decision: the priests consented to stop collecting offerings and cease direct involvement in temple repairs. By surrendering financial control and construction duties, they removed obstacles that had stalled the project, protected their witness, and allowed qualified workers to rebuild God’s house efficiently. The verse highlights humility, accountability, and the wisdom of honoring distinct callings for the sake of God’s glory. (8) And the priests consented.--No doubt they made some such explanation as is suggested in the Note on 2Kings 12:7, by way of clearing themselves from the suspicion of fraud; after which, they agreed to resign all connection with the business.Verse 8. - And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people - i.e., to put an end to the local collections ordered in ver. 5 - neither to repair the breaches of the house; i.e. neither to be responsible severally for laying out the money which they collected in repairs.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So the priestsהַכֹּֽהֲנִ֑ים (hak·kō·hă·nîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3548: Priest agreed וַיֵּאֹ֖תוּ (way·yê·’ō·ṯū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 225: To come, to assent they would not לְבִלְתִּ֤י (lə·ḇil·tî) Preposition-l Strong's 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until receive קְחַת־ (qə·ḥaṯ-) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 3947: To take money כֶּ֙סֶף֙ (ke·sep̄) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3701: Silver, money from מֵאֵ֣ת (mê·’êṯ) Preposition-m | Direct object marker Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case the people הָעָ֔ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock and that they would not וּלְבִלְתִּ֥י (ū·lə·ḇil·tî) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l Strong's 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until repair חַזֵּ֖ק (ḥaz·zêq) Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer the temple {themselves}. הַבָּֽיִת׃ (hab·bā·yiṯ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1004: A house Links 2 Kings 12:8 NIV2 Kings 12:8 NLT 2 Kings 12:8 ESV 2 Kings 12:8 NASB 2 Kings 12:8 KJV 2 Kings 12:8 BibleApps.com 2 Kings 12:8 Biblia Paralela 2 Kings 12:8 Chinese Bible 2 Kings 12:8 French Bible 2 Kings 12:8 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Kings 12:8 The priests consented that they should take (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) |



