Scripture · Old Testament
2 Kings 12:14
2 Kings 12:14 is verse 14 of 2 Kings chapter 12, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Instead, it was paid to those doing the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD.
King James Version
But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.
World English Bible
for they gave that to those who did the work, and repaired Yahweh’s house with it.
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2 Kings 12:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible
12 masons, and stonecutters. They also purchased timber and dressed stone to repair the damage to the house of the LORD, and they paid the other expenses of the temple repairs.
13 However, the money brought into the house of the LORD was not used for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver for the house of the LORD.
14 Instead, it was paid to those doing the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD.
15 No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay the workmen, because they acted with integrity.
16 The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.
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