Revised Version 1895

2 Kings 12:5-8

5letנַפְשׁ֖וֹתnaf.ShotH5315thepriestsH3548takeH935it to them,everyH3605manH376from his acquaintance: and they shall repair the breaches of thehouseH1004, wheresoeveranyH3605breach shall be found.

6But it wassoיִקְח֤וּyik.ChuH3947, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash thepriestsH3548had notrepairedH2388the breaches of thehouseH1004.

7ThenkingH4428JehoashH3060called for Jehoiada thepriestH3548, and for the otherpriestsH3548, and said unto them,WhyH3808repairחִזְּק֥וּchi.ze.KuH2388yenotH3808the breaches of thehouseH1004?nowוַיְהִ֗יvay.HiH1961thereforetakeמְחַזְּקִ֖יםme.cha.ze.KimH2388noH3808moreH3808money from your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of thehouseH1004.

8And thepriestsH3548consented that they shouldtakeH3947noH369moreH369moneyH3701from thepeopleאַל־'al-H408,neitherH369repairH2388the breaches of thehouseH1004.

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