2 Kings 12:4-6

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Repairing the Temple

⁴ Then^(A) Joash said to the priests, “All the dedicated money brought to the Lord’s temple,^(B) census money,^(C) money from vows,^(D) and all money voluntarily given^(E) for the Lord’s temple, ⁵ each priest is to take from his assessor^[a] and repair whatever damage to the temple is found.”^[b](F)

⁶ But by the twenty-third year^(G) of the reign of King Joash, the priests had not repaired the damage^[c] to the temple.^(H)