2 Kings 12:9
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 12:9 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 12:9 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 12:9 — KJV
“But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD. door: Heb. threshold”
— 2 Kings 12:9 (KJV)
2 Kings 12:9 in Context — About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings races through the divided kingdom's final centuries — Elisha's double-portion miracles, kings good and evil, and finally exile to Assyria and Babylon. Yet miracles keep breaking in: floating axe heads, healed lepers, resurrection. God stays powerfully present even in national decline.
Cross-References for 2 Kings 12:9
“And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD, dedicated things: or, holy things: Heb. holinesses that every...: Heb. of the souls of his estimation cometh...: Heb. ascendeth upon the heart of a man”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 12:9: priest, set, one
“And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 12:9: priest, one, into
“And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses. by: Heb. by the hand of”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 12:9: priest, one, into
“The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests'.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 12:9: priest, one, into
“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people: door: Heb. threshold”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 12:9: priest, into, house
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