But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
No money had for some time been brought in (marginal reference “g”). Perhaps it was difficult for the priests and Levites to know exactly what proportion of the money paid to them was fairly…
Adam Clarke
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…
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
In the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash By which time he must have attained the age of thirty and was able to act with decision. According to the Chronicler the first order had been, -See that…
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