No accounting was required from the men who received the silver to pay those doing the work, since they worked with integrity.
2 Kings 22:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But no accounting is to be required from them for the silver given to them since they work with integrity.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition However, there was no accounting required of them for the money delivered into their hands, because they dealt faithfully. American Standard Version (1901) Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully. Common English Bible But there’s no need to check on them regarding the money they receive, because they are honest workers.” Catholic Public Domain Version Yet truly, let no account be given by them of the money that they receive. Instead, let them have it within their power and trust." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But let there be no reckoning made with them of the money which they receive: but let them have it in their power, and in their trust. |
No accounting was required from the men who received the silver to pay those doing the work, since they worked with integrity.
They are to give it to the carpenters, builders, and masons to buy timber and quarried stone to repair the temple.
When they finished, they presented the rest of the silver to the king and Jehoiada, who made articles for the Lord’s temple with it #– #articles for ministry and for making burnt offerings, and ladles and articles of gold and silver. They regularly offered burnt offerings in the Lord’s temple throughout Jehoiada’s life.
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.
A faithful person will have many blessings, but one in a hurry to get rich will not go unpunished.
What you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, commit to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
Dear friend, you are acting faithfully in whatever you do for the brothers and sisters, especially when they are strangers.