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Text -- 2 Kings 12:1-10 (NET)
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12:1 In Jehu’s seventh year Jehoash became king ; he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem . His mother was Zibiah , who was from Beer Sheba .
12:2 Throughout his lifetime Jehoash did what the Lord approved , just as Jehoiada the priest taught him.
12:3 But the high places were not eliminated ; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places .
12:4 Jehoash said to the priests , “I place at your disposal all the consecrated silver that has been brought to the Lord’s temple , including the silver collected from the census tax, the silver received from those who have made vows , and all the silver that people have voluntarily contributed to the Lord’s temple .
12:5 The priests should receive the silver they need from the treasurers and repair any damage to the temple they discover .”
12:6 By the twenty-third year of King Jehoash’s reign the priests had still not repaired the damage to the temple .
12:7 So King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest along with the other priests , and said to them, “Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple ? Now , take no more silver from your treasurers unless you intend to use it to repair the damage .”
12:8 The priests agreed not to collect silver from the people and relieved themselves of personal responsibility for the temple repairs .
12:9 Jehoiada the priest took a chest and drilled a hole in its lid . He placed it on the right side of the altar near the entrance of the Lord’s temple . The priests who guarded the entrance would put into it all the silver brought to the Lord’s temple .
12:10 When they saw the chest was full of silver , the royal secretary and the high priest counted the silver that had been brought to the Lord’s temple and bagged it up .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Jehoiada |
TREASURY, (OF TEMPLE) |
Israel |
JERUSALEM, 4 |
Revivals |
Zeal |
Joash |
Church and State |
SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2 |
Liberality |
Storehouses |
Chest |
Temple |
Money |
JEHOASH |
BREACH |
JEHOASH; JOASH |
Zibiah |
SCRIBES |
Church |
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NET Notes: 2Ki 12:1 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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NET Notes: 2Ki 12:4 Heb “all the silver which goes up on the heart of a man to bring to the house of the Lord.”
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NET Notes: 2Ki 12:5 Heb “Let the priests take for themselves, each from his treasurer, and let them repair the damage of the temple, with respect to all the damage ...
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NET Notes: 2Ki 12:7 Heb “Now, do not take silver from your treasurers, because for the damages to the temple you must give it.”
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NET Notes: 2Ki 12:8 Heb “and not to repair the damages to the temple.” This does not mean that the priests were no longer interested in repairing the temple. ...
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