2 Kings 12:8

8 The priests agreed neither to receive money from the people [for personal use] nor to be responsible for repairing the temple.

2 Kings 12:8 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 12:8

And the priests consented to receive no [more] money of the
people
And delivered up what they had:

neither to repair the breaches of the house;
being very willing to be stop both services, and especially since they seemed to be suspected.

2 Kings 12:8 In-Context

6 But by Joash's twenty-third year as king, the priests still had not repaired the temple.

7 So King Joash called for Jehoiada and the other priests and asked them, "Why aren't you repairing the damage in the temple? Don't take any more money from the donors [for your own use]. Instead, use it to make repairs on the temple."

8 The priests agreed neither to receive money from the people [for personal use] nor to be responsible for repairing the temple.

9 Then the priest Jehoiada took a box, drilled a hole in its lid, and put it at the right side of the altar as one comes into the LORD's temple. The priests who guarded the entrance put the money that was brought to the LORD's temple in the box.

10 Whenever they saw a lot of money in the box, the king's scribe and the chief priest would collect and count the money that was donated in the LORD's temple.