2 Kings 12:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

let the priests take it for themselves, each man from his acquaintance, and let them repair the breaches of the house wherever any breach is found.'

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  • Isa 58:12 : 12 And those from among you shall build the old waste places: you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
  • 1 Kgs 11:27 : 27 And this was the cause that he raised his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaks in the city of David his father.
  • 2 Kgs 12:12 : 12 and to masons and stonecutters, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
  • 2 Kgs 22:5-6 : 5 And let them deliver it into the hand of those who do the work, who have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to those who do the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house, 6 To carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and cut stone to repair the house.
  • 2 Chr 24:5 : 5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather from all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that you hasten the matter. However, the Levites did not hasten it.
  • 2 Chr 24:7 : 7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.

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  • 2 Kgs 12:6-12
    7 verses
    87%

    6But in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

    7Then King Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest and the other priests, and said to them, 'Why have you not repaired the breaches of the house? Therefore, do not receive any more money from your acquaintances but deliver it for the breaches of the house.'

    8The priests consented to receive no more money from the people nor to repair the breaches of the house.

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

    10When they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king's scribe and the high priest came up, put the money into bags, and counted the money that was found in the house of the LORD.

    11They gave the money, after it had been counted, into the hands of those who did the work and had oversight of the house of the LORD. They paid it to the carpenters and builders, who worked on the house of the LORD,

    12and to masons and stonecutters, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.

  • 2 Kgs 22:4-6
    3 verses
    84%

    4Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered from the people:

    5And let them deliver it into the hand of those who do the work, who have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to those who do the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house,

    6To carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and cut stone to repair the house.

  • 2 Chr 24:4-6
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    77%

    4And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD.

    5And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather from all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that you hasten the matter. However, the Levites did not hasten it.

    6And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, Why have you not required of the Levites to bring in from Judah and from Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

  • 2 Kgs 12:4
    77%

    4Jehoash said to the priests, 'All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, including the money of those who pass the account, the money each man is valued at, and all the money that comes into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD,

  • 2 Chr 34:9-11
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    75%

    9And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered from the hand of Manasseh, Ephraim, and all the remnant of Israel, and all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.

    10And they put it into the hand of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen who worked in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:

    11Even to the craftsmen and builders they gave it, to buy hewn stone, timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

  • 2 Kgs 12:14-16
    3 verses
    73%

    14for they gave it to the workmen and repaired the house of the LORD with it.

    15Moreover, they did not require an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to pay the workmen because they dealt faithfully.

    16The guilt money and sin money were not brought into the house of the LORD; it was the priests’.

  • 2 Chr 24:11-13
    3 verses
    73%

    11Now it came to pass, that when the chest was brought to the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

    12And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also those who worked in iron and bronze to mend the house of the LORD.

    13So the workmen worked, and the work was completed by them, and they set the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.

  • Isa 58:12
    71%

    12And those from among you shall build the old waste places: you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

  • Amos 6:11
    70%

    11For behold, the LORD commands, and He will strike the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

  • 2 Chr 34:17
    70%

    17And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers and to the hand of the workmen.

  • Neh 3:20-22
    3 verses
    70%

    20After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another section, from the turning of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

    21After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz another section, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.

    22And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.

  • Neh 3:28
    69%

    28From above the horse gate the priests repaired, each opposite his house.

  • Lev 14:45
    69%

    45And he shall break down the house, its stones, and its timber, and all the mortar of the house; and he shall carry them outside the city to an unclean place.

  • Num 5:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring to the priest, shall be his.

    10And every man's sacred offerings shall be his; whatever any man gives the priest, it shall be his.

  • Ezra 1:4
    69%

    4And whoever remains in any place where he sojourns, let the men of his place help him with silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, besides the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.

  • Isa 22:10
    69%

    10And you have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses you have broken down to fortify the wall.

  • Ezek 12:5
    69%

    5Dig through the wall in their sight, and carry your belongings out through it.

  • Ezek 13:5
    68%

    5You have not gone up into the gaps nor built a hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day of the LORD.

  • Hag 1:9
    68%

    9You looked for much, but indeed it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the LORD of hosts. Because of My house that is in ruins, while each of you runs to his own house.

  • Lev 14:42-43
    2 verses
    68%

    42And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other mortar and plaster the house.

    43And if the plague comes again, and breaks out in the house, after he has taken away the stones, and after he has scraped the house, and after it is plastered;

  • Amos 4:3
    68%

    3And you shall go out at the breaches, each cow straight ahead, and you shall cast them into the palace, says the LORD.

  • Hag 1:5
    68%

    5Now therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways.

  • Neh 5:12
    67%

    12Then they said, We will restore them, and will require nothing from them; we will do as you say. Then I called the priests and required an oath from them that they would do according to this promise.

  • Joel 2:17
    67%

    17Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare your people, O LORD, and give not your heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?

  • Ezra 6:5
    67%

    5And also let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought again to the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to its place, and place them in the house of God.

  • Ezra 5:15
    67%

    15And he said to him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be built in its place.

  • 2 Kgs 22:9
    67%

    9And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Your servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of those who do the work, who have the oversight of the house of the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 2:36
    67%

    36And it shall come to pass, that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Please put me into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

  • Ezek 13:12
    67%

    12Surely, when the wall has fallen, will it not be said to you, 'Where is the daubing with which you have daubed it?'

  • 2 Kgs 22:12
    67%

    12And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah, a servant of the king's, saying,