But it came about that in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests had not repaired any damage to the house.
Parallel translations
- WEB But it was so, that in the twenty-third year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the damage to the house.
- KJV But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
- BSB By the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to the temple.
- NKJV Now it was so, by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, that the priests had not repaired the damages of the temple.
- NLT But by the twenty-third year of Joash’s reign, the priests still had not repaired the Temple.
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Quick answer
By the twenty-third year of Joash, the priests still had not repaired the temple. The project stalls under the original plan.
Overview
After many years the needed repairs remain undone, exposing a failure in the collection system. The delay does not necessarily imply corruption but at least neglect or impracticality. The stalled work prompts the king to seek a better method, showing the importance of wise stewardship of resources dedicated to God.
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- Mal 1:10“Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
- Phil 2:21For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
- 2 Chr 29:34But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings. Therefore their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
- 1 Sam 2:29–30Why do you kick at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in my habitation, and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel my people?’
- Isa 56:10–12His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They can’t bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
- 1 Pet 5:2Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;
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