Graphic Bible · Scene 7 of 22

Older adult Jehoash confronts unrepaired temple wall and idle scaffolding; the passage of years shown by weathered cracks, no lettering.
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2 Kings 12:7

Unrepaired in year twenty-three

Joash Repairs the House · 2 Kings 12

Story guide: Twenty-three years pass while damage remains in the temple.

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7But by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash’s reign, the priests had still not repaired the damage to the temple.

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