Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
The collection was not to be made in Jerusalem only, but in all “the cities of Judah” 2Ch 24:5; the various priests and Levites being collectors in their own neighborhoods. Breaches - The word in the…
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…
Cambridge Bible
let the priests takeit to them, every man of his acquaintance This passage is not easy to understand until we have along with it the parallel account of the Chronicler. From 2 Kings it might be…
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