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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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsBut it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
By the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to the temple.
And it cometh to pass, in the twenty and third year of king Jehoash, the priests have not strengthened the breach of the house,
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▾
About this book
Old Testament2 Kings — Two 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