2nd Kings Chapter 12 verse 6 Holy Bible
But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
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But in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests had not made good the damaged parts of the house.
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And it was [so that] in the twenty-third year of king Jehoash, the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
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But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
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But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
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But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
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And it cometh to pass, in the twenty and third year of king Jehoash, the priests have not strengthened the breach of the house,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of King Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. No charge is made against the priests of malversation or embezzlement. They had simply been negligent. Probably very little money had come in; and they had not been very active in their endeavors to obtain larger contributions. It must be remembered that what went to the fabric fund would, for the most part, be a deduction from the ordinary revenue of the temple, which was not, perhaps, much in excess of the ordinary demands upon it. We can, therefore, quite understand that the king's policy would not be popular with the priests (see 2 Chronicles 24:5). Still, it is to be observed that they are not said to have executed no repairs, but only not to have "made haste" and completed their task by the time that the king looked for its completion.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) In the three and twentieth year.--Jenoash may have ordered the restoration in his twentieth year, when he came of age. It is noticeable that he and not Jehoiada takes the initiative in the matter. The chronicler states that the king had ordered the priests and the Levites "to hasten the matter," but that "the Levites hastened it not."
