2 Kings 12:6
Strong's Lexicon
But
וַיְהִ֗י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

by the twenty-third
עֶשְׂרִ֧ים (‘eś·rîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6242: 1) twenty, twentieth

וְשָׁלֹ֛שׁ (wə·šā·lōš)
Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7969: 1) three, triad 1a) 3, 300, third

שָׁנָ֖ה (šā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8141: 1) year 1a) as division of time 1b) as measure of time 1c) as indication of age 1d) a lifetime (of years of life)

year
בִּשְׁנַ֨ת (biš·naṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8141: 1) year 1a) as division of time 1b) as measure of time 1c) as indication of age 1d) a lifetime (of years of life)

of the reign
לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (lam·me·leḵ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: 1) king

of Joash,
יְהוֹאָ֑שׁ (yə·hō·w·’āš)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3060: Jehoash = 'given by the Lord' 1) son of king Ahaziah and the 8th king of Judah 2) son of king Jehoahaz and the 12th king of the northern kingdom of Israel

the priests
הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים (hak·kō·hă·nîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3548: 1) priest, principal officer or chief ruler 1a) priest-king (Melchizedek, Messiah) 1b) pagan priests 1c) priests of Jehovah 1d) Levitical priests 1e) Zadokite priests 1f) Aaronic priests 1g) the high priest

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

had not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

repaired
חִזְּק֥וּ (ḥiz·zə·qū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2388: 1) to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be strong, grow strong 1a1a) to prevail, prevail upon 1a1b) to be firm, be caught fast, be secure 1a1c) to press, be urgent 1a1d) to grow stout, grow rigid, grow hard (bad sense) 1a1e) to be severe, be grievous 1a2) to strengthen 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to make strong 1b2) to restore to strength, give strength 1b3) to strengthen, sustain, encourage 1b4) to make strong, make bold, encourage 1b5) to make firm 1b6) to make rigid, make hard 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to make strong, strengthen 1c2) to make firm 1c3) to display strength 1c4) to make severe 1c5) to support 1c6) to repair 1c7) to prevail, prevail upon 1c8) to have or take or keep hold of, retain, hold up, sustain, support 1c9) to hold, contain 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to strengthen oneself 1d2) to put forth strength, use one's strength 1d3) to withstand 1d4) to hold strongly with

the damage
בֶּ֥דֶק (be·ḏeq)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 919: 1) fissure, rent, breach, leak (in a building)

to the temple.
הַבָּֽיִת׃ (hab·bā·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: nm 1) house 1a) house, dwelling habitation 1b) shelter or abode of animals 1c) human bodies (fig.) 1d) of Sheol 1e) of abode of light and darkness 1f) of land of Ephraim 2) place 3) receptacle 4) home, house as containing a family 5) household, family 5a) those belonging to the same household 5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body 6) household affairs 7) inwards (metaph.) 8) (TWOT) temple adv 9) on the inside prep 10) within

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
By the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to the temple.

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, in the twenty and third year of king Jehoash, the priests have not strengthened the breach of the house,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But by the twenty-third year of the reign of King Joash, the priests had not repaired the damage to the temple.

New American Standard Bible
But it came about that in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash the priests had not repaired the damages of the house.

King James Bible
But it was [so, that] in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
But by the twenty-third year of King Joash the priests still had not repaired the temple.

New Living Translation
But by the twenty-third year of Joash's reign, the priests still had not repaired the Temple.

English Standard Version
But by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests had made no repairs on the house.

New American Standard Bible
But it came about that in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash the priests had not repaired the damages of the house.

King James Bible
But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But by the twenty-third year of the reign of King Joash, the priests had not repaired the damage to the temple.

International Standard Version
But 23 years into the reign of king Jehoash, the priests still had not repaired the leaks in the Temple.

NET Bible
By the twenty-third year of King Jehoash's reign the priests had still not repaired the damage to the temple.

American Standard Version
But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

English Revised Version
But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, in the twenty and third year of king Jehoash, the priests have not strengthened the breach of the house,
















Cross References
2 Kings 12:5
Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.

2 Kings 12:7
Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.

2 Chronicles 24:5
And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.

2 Kings 1:1
Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.

2 Kings 12:4
And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD,

2 Kings 12:3
But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

2 Kings 12:8
And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.

2 Kings 12:9
But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.
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