2 Kings 12:8

8 The priests agreed that they would not collect any more money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.

2 Kings 12:8 in Other Translations

8 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches 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.

8 So the priests agreed not to accept any more money from the people, and they also agreed to let others take responsibility for repairing the Temple.

8 The priests agreed not to take any more money or to be involved in The Temple renovation.

8 And the priests consented that they should take no [more] money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.

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

8 So the priests agreed they would not take money from the people and they would not repair the temple's damage.

8 The priests agreed that they wouldn't collect any more money from the people. They also agreed that they wouldn't repair the temple themselves.

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 the twenty-third year of King Joash the priests still had not repaired the temple.

7 Therefore King Joash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and asked them, “Why aren’t you repairing the damage done to the temple? Take no more money from your treasurers, but hand it over for repairing the temple.”

8 The priests agreed that they would not collect any more money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.

9 Jehoiada the priest took a chest and bored a hole in its lid. He placed it beside the altar, on the right side as one enters the temple of the LORD. The priests who guarded the entrance put into the chest all the money that was brought to the temple of the LORD.

10 Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal secretary and the high priest came, counted the money that had been brought into the temple of the LORD and put it into bags.