But [a]the high places were not taken away: for the people offered yet and burnt incense in the high places.

¶ And Jehoash said to the Priests, All the silver of dedicated things that be brought to the house of the Lord, that is, the money of them that are under the [b]count, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that one offereth willingly, and bringeth into the house of the Lord,

Let the Priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and they shall repair the [c]broken places of the house, wheresoever any decay is found.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 12:3 So hard a thing it is for them, that are in authority, to be brought to the perfect obedience of God.
  2. 2 Kings 12:4 That is, the money of redemption, Exod. 30:12, also the money which the Priest valued the vows at, Lev. 27:2, and their free liberality.
  3. 2 Kings 12:5 For the Temple which was built an hundred fifty and five years before, had many things decayed in it, both by the negligence of the King’s predecessors, and also by the wickedness of the idolaters.

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