2 Kings 12:6 meaning and explanation

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

2 Kings 12:6, Berean Standard Bible

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This verse reports a failure. Joash had ordered the priests to collect money from the people and use it to repair damage in the temple, but by his twenty-third year, roughly two decades later, nothing had been fixed.

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