Instead, it was given to those doing the work, and they repaired the Lord’s temple with it.
2 Kings 12:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised No accounting was required from the men who received the silver to pay those doing the work, since they worked with integrity. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Moreover, they did not require an accounting from the men into whose hands they delivered the money to be paid to the workmen, for they dealt faithfully. American Standard Version (1901) Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to give to them that did the work; for they dealt faithfully. Common English Bible There was no need to check on those who received the money and paid the workers, because they acted honestly. Catholic Public Domain Version And they did not ration the money to the men who received it in order to distribute it to the artisans. Instead, they bestowed it with faith. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they reckoned not with the men that received the money to distribute it to the workmen: but they bestowed it faithfully. |
Instead, it was given to those doing the work, and they repaired the Lord’s temple with it.
But no accounting is to be required from them for the silver given to them since they work with integrity.’
The men were doing the work with integrity. Their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites from the Merarites, and Zechariah and Meshullam from the Kohathites as supervisors. The Levites were all skilled with musical instruments.
Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah, commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.
‘Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give them food at the proper time?
Now he said to the disciples, ‘There was a rich man who received an accusation that his manager was squandering his possessions.
We are taking this precaution so that no one will criticise us about this large sum that we are administering.
Dear friend, you are acting faithfully in whatever you do for the brothers and sisters, especially when they are strangers.