2 Kings 12:6

6 But by the twenty-third year of King Jeho'ash the priests had made no repairs on the house.

2 Kings 12:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 12:6

But it was so, that in the twenty and third year of King
Jehoash, the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
] Either the people being backward to pay in the money, or the priests converted it to their own use: or, however, were negligent of doing the work enjoined them by the king, either in collecting the money, or in using it as they were directed.

2 Kings 12:6 In-Context

4 Jeho'ash said to the priests, "All the money of the holy things which is brought into the house of the LORD, the money for which each man is assessed--the money from the assessment of persons--and the money which a man's heart prompts him to bring into the house of the LORD,

5 let the priests take, each from his acquaintance; and let them repair the house wherever any need of repairs is discovered."

6 But by the twenty-third year of King Jeho'ash the priests had made no repairs on the house.

7 Therefore King Jeho'ash summoned Jehoi'ada the priest and the other priests and said to them, "Why are you not repairing the house? Now therefore take no more money from your acquaintances, but hand it over for the repair of the house."

8 So the priests agreed that they should take no more money from the people, and that they should not repair the house.