2 Kings 12:8
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And the priests were forbidden to take any more money of the people, and to make the repairs of the house.

Context
Joash Repairs the Temple
7And king Joas called Joiada, the high priest, and the priests, saying to them: Why do you not repair the temple? Take you, therefore, money no more according to your order, but restore it for the repairing of the temple. 8And the priests were forbidden to take any more money of the people, and to make the repairs of the house.9And Joiada, the high priest, took a chest, and bored a hole in the top, and set it by the altar at the right hand of them that came into the house of the Lord; and the priests that kept the doors, put therein all the money that was brought to the temple of the Lord.…
Cross References
2 Kings 12:7
And king Joas called Joiada, the high priest, and the priests, saying to them: Why do you not repair the temple? Take you, therefore, money no more according to your order, but restore it for the repairing of the temple.

2 Kings 12:9
And Joiada, the high priest, took a chest, and bored a hole in the top, and set it by the altar at the right hand of them that came into the house of the Lord; and the priests that kept the doors, put therein all the money that was brought to the temple of the Lord.

Lexicon
So the priests
הַכֹּֽהֲנִ֑ים (hak·kō·hă·nîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3548: Priest

agreed
וַיֵּאֹ֖תוּ (way·yê·’ō·ṯū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 225: To come, to assent

they would not
לְבִלְתִּ֤י (lə·ḇil·tî)
Preposition-l
Strong's Hebrew 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until

receive
קְחַת־ (qə·ḥaṯ-)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

money
כֶּ֙סֶף֙ (ke·sep̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3701: Silver, money

from
מֵאֵ֣ת (mê·’êṯ)
Preposition-m | Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

the people
הָעָ֔ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

and that they would not
וּלְבִלְתִּ֥י (ū·lə·ḇil·tî)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l
Strong's Hebrew 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until

repair
חַזֵּ֖ק (ḥaz·zêq)
Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

the temple {themselves}.
הַבָּֽיִת׃ (hab·bā·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house


Additional Translations
So the priests agreed they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.

And the priests consented that they should take no more money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.

And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, and not to repair the breaches of the house.

And the priests consented to receive no money of the people, and that they should only repair the breaches of the house.

And the priests consented that they should take no more money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.

And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.

The priests consented that they should take no [more] money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.

And the priests consent not to receive money from the people, nor to strengthen the breach of the house,
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Agreed Agreement Breach Breaches Collect Consent Consented Damaged Damages Good House Longer Money Priests Receive Repair Strengthen Temple Themselves
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