2 Chronicles 24:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.”
2 Chronicles 24:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Chronicles 24:5 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Chronicles 24:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather money to repair the house of your God from all Israel from year to year. See that you expedite this matter.” However the Levites didn’t do it right away.”
2 Chronicles 24:5 — World English Bible
2 Chronicles 24:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year; and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not. ”
2 Chronicles 24:5 — American Standard Version
2 Chronicles 24:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and he gathereth the priests and the Levites, and saith to them, `Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather from all Israel money to strengthen the house of your God sufficiently year by year, and ye, ye do haste to the matter;' and the Levites have not hasted.”
2 Chronicles 24:5 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Chronicles 24:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out to the cities of Judah and collect of all Israel money for the repair of the house of yourGod from year to year, and ye shall hasten the matter. But the Levites hastened it not. ”
2 Chronicles 24:5 — Darby Translation
2 Chronicles 24:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And he assembled the Priests and the Leuites, and said to them, Goe out vnto the cities of Iudah, and gather of all Israel money to repaire the house of your God, from yeere to yeere, and haste the thing: but the Leuites hasted not.”
2 Chronicles 24:5 — Geneva Bible
2 Chronicles 24:5 in Context — 2 Chronicles 24
3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
4 And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the Lord.
5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.
6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the Lord, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?
7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the Lord did they bestow upon Baalim.
What Does 2 Chronicles 24:5 Mean?
2 Chronicles 24:5 is a verse from the Book of 2 Chronicles, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Chronicles chapter 24. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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