6But by the twenty-third year of King Joash the priests still had not repaired the temple.


In Context

3 The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

4 Joash said to the priests, "Collect all the money that is brought as sacred offerings to the temple of the Lord -the money collected in the census, the money received from personal vows and the money brought voluntarily to the temple.

5 Let every priest receive the money from one of the treasurers, and let it be used to repair whatever damage is found in the temple."

6 But by the twenty-third year of King Joash the priests still had not repaired the temple.

7 Therefore King Joash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and asked them, "Why aren't you repairing the damage done to the temple? Take no more money from your treasurers, but hand it over for repairing the temple."

8 The priests agreed that they would not collect any more money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.

2nd Kings 12:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:6But it was [so, that] in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:6Now till the three and twentieth year of king Joas, the priests did not make the repairs of the temple.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:6But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:6And it was so that in the twenty-third year of king Jehoash, the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:6But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:6But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:6But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:6And it cometh to pass, in the twenty and third year of king Jehoash, the priests have not strengthened the breach of the house,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:6But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.