8And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-16)We have here an account of the repairing of the temple in the reign of Joash. I. It seems, the temple had gone out of repair. Though Solomon built it very strong, of the best materials and in the best manner, yet in time it went to decay, and there were breaches found in it (2 Kgs. 12:5), in the roofs, or walls, or floors, the ceiling, or wainscoting, or windows, or the partitions of the courts. E…
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