2 Kings 12:14

New International Reader's Version

Instead, it was paid to the workers. They used it to repair the temple.

Cross References

2 Kings 12:13

The money the people brought to the Lord’s temple wasn’t used to make silver bowls. It wasn’t used for wick cutters, sprinkling bowls or trumpets. And it wasn’t used for any other things made out of gold or silver.

2 Kings 12:15

The royal secretary and the high priest didn’t require a report from those who were in charge of the work. That’s because they were completely honest. They always paid the workers.

1 Chronicles 26:27

Some of the goods that had been taken in battle were set apart to repair the Lord’s temple.

2 Chronicles 34:10

Men were appointed to direct the work on the Lord’s temple. All the money collected was given to them. These men paid the workers who repaired the temple. They made it look like new again.

John 12:6

He didn’t say this because he cared about the poor. He said it because he was a thief. Judas was in charge of the money bag. He used to help himself to what was in it.