2 Kings 12:7

Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
king	הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Jehoash	יְהוֹאָ֜שׁ ye.ho.'Ash	H3060	Jehoash · proper noun, a man's name
called	וַיִּקְרָא֩ vai.yik.Ra'	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Jehoiada	לִיהוֹיָדָ֤ע li.ho.ya.Da'	H3077	Jehojada · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
priest	הַכֹּהֵן֙ ha.ko.Hen	H3548	literally one officiating · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
priests	וְלַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים ve.la.Ko.ha.Nim	H3548	literally one officiating · conjunction + preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
repair	מְחַזְּקִ֖ים me.cha.ze.Kim	H2388	to fasten upon · verb, piel active participle, masculine plural absolute
breaches	בֶּ֣דֶק Be.dek	H919	a gap or leak (in a building or a ship) · noun, common masculine singular construct
house	הַבָּ֑יִת ha.Ba.yit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
receive	תִּקְחוּ tik.chu-	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · verb, qal jussive, 2nd person masculine plural
money	כֶ֙סֶף֙ khe.sef	H3701	silver (from its pale color) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
acquaintance	מַכָּֽרֵיכֶ֔ם ma.ka.rei.Khem	H4378	an acquaintance · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
deliver	תִּתְּנֻֽהוּ ti.te.Nu.hu	H5414	to give · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
breaches	לְבֶ֥דֶק le.Ve.dek	H919	a gap or leak (in a building or a ship) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
house	הַבַּ֖יִת ha.Ba.yit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

2 Kings 11:4 And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the h…
2 Kings 12:2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
1 Chronicles 21:3 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s serv…
2 Chronicles 23:1 And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of…
2 Chronicles 24:5-14 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to r…
2 Chronicles 24:16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 12:4-16

We have here an account of the repairing of the temple in the reign of Joash. I. It seems, the temple had gone out of repair. Though Solomon built it very strong, of the best materials and in the best manner, yet in time it went to decay, and there were breaches found in it (Kg2 12:5), in the roofs, or walls, or floors, the ceiling, or wainscoting, or windows, or the partitions of the courts. Even temples themselves are the worse for the wearing; but the heavenly temple will never wax old. Yet it was not only the teeth of time that made these breaches, the sons of Athaliah had broken up the house of God (Ch2 24:7), and, out of enmity to the service of the temple, had damaged the buildings of…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 12:7

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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Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 12:6

In the three and twentieth year - In what year Jehoash gave the orders for these repairs, we cannot tell; but the account here plainly intimates that they had been long given, and that nothing was done, merely through the inactivity and negligence of the priests; see Ch2 24:6. It seems that the people had brought money in abundance, and the pious Jehoiada was over the priests, and yet nothing was done! Though Jehoiada was a good man, he does not appear to have had much of the spirit of an active zeal; and simple piety, without zeal and activity, is of little use when a reformation in religion and manners is necessary to be brought about. Philip Melancthon was orthodox, pious, and learned, bu…

Dictionary and topics

Jehoash — Jehovah-given. (1.) The son of King Ahaziah. While yet an infant, he was saved from the general massacre of the family by his aunt Jehosheba, and was apparently the only surviving descendant of…
Jehoiada · .Directs the repairs of the temple — .Directs the repairs of the temple
Joash · .Repaired the temple — .Repaired the temple
Money · Silver used as — Silver used as
Temple, The First · Historical notices of: Repaired by Jehoash at the institution of Jehoiada — Historical notices of: Repaired by Jehoash at the institution of Jehoiada
Treasure-Houses · General references — General references

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Kings 12:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 12:4-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 12:7

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 12:6

Dictionary and topics

2 Kings 12:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 12:4-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 12:7

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 12:6

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 2 Kings 12:7

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 12:6-9

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 12:4-8

Rashi on 2 Kings 12:6