2 Kings 12:6
What does 2 Kings 12:6 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Kings 12:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
KJV
King James Version · 1611But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests had not made good the damaged parts of the house.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And it cometh to pass, in the twenty and third year of king Jehoash, the priests have not strengthened the breach of the house,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Now till the three and twentieth year of king Joas the priests did not make the repairs of the temple.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And it was [so that] in the twenty-third year of king Jehoash, the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
Context
v.5let the priests take it to them, every man from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.
v.6This passage
v.7Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore take no more money from your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Peter 5:2
Tend the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God; nor yet for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
- Isaiah 56:10
His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
- 2 Chronicles 29:34
But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt-offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
- Malachi 1:10
Oh that there were one among you that would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle fire on mine altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
- Philippians 2:21
For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
- 1 Samuel 2:29
Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation, and honorest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?