2 Kings 12:8
What does 2 Kings 12:8 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Kings 12:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the priests consented that they should take no more money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the priests consented that they should take no more money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So the priests made an agreement to take no more money from the people, and not to make good what was damaged in the house.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the priests consent not to receive money from the people, nor to strengthen the breach of the house,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the priests were forbidden to take any more money of the people, and to make the repairs of the house.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the priests consented to receive no money of the people, and that they should only repair the breaches of the house.
Context
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.
v.8This passage
v.9But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of Jehovah: and the priests that kept the threshold put therein all the money that was brought into the house of Jehovah.