2 Kings 12:6-8

Common English Bible

⁶ But by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests still hadn’t repaired the temple. ⁷ So King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests together. “Why haven’t you repaired the temple?” he asked them. “Stop taking money from your donors; instead, give it directly for temple repairs.” ⁸ The priests agreed that they wouldn’t take any more money from the people nor be responsible for temple repairs.