MANNAFEST

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

By the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to the temple.

YLT

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

DBT

And it was [so that] in the twenty-third year of king Jehoash, the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

About this book

Old Testament

2 KingsTwo kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.

Author
Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
Date
Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC

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