2 Kings 12:7

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 2 Kings 12:7 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Then 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.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Then 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.
2 Kings 12:7 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Kings 12

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
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.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Then King Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, etc.] The common priests, Jehoiada being high priest: and said unto them, why repair ye not the breaches of the house? in which they appeared to him very dilatory; the reason might be, the people were not forward to pay in their money, and they might not choose to begin the repairs until they had got it all in, or at least what was sufficient to carry them through them: now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance; suspecting that what they had received they kept for their own use: but deliver it for the breaches of the house; into other hands for that use, and so dismissed them at once from collecting the…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Why repair ye not the breaches of the house?--This mode of collection not proving so productive as was expected (the dilatoriness of the priests was the chief cause of the failure), a new arrangement was proposed. A chest was placed by the high priest at the entrance into the temple, into which the money given by the people for the repairs of the temple was to be put by the Levites who kept the door. The object of this chest was to make a separation between the money to be raised for the building from the other moneys destined for the general use of the priests, in the hope that the people would be more liberal in their contributions when it was known that their offerings would be devoted to…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“king Jehoash: Ch2 24:5, Ch2 24:6-14 Jehoiada: Kg2 12:2, Kg2 11:4; Ch2 23:1, Ch2 24:16 Why repair ye: Ch1 21:3 4 Kings (2 Kings) 12:9”
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