2 Kings 12:14

For it was given to them that did the work, that the temple of the Lord might be repaired.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.

In Context

13But there were not made of the same money for the temple of the Lord, bowls, or fleshhooks, or censers, or trumpets, or any vessel of gold and silver, of the money that was brought into the temple of the Lord.

15And they reckoned not with the men that received the money to distribute it to the workmen, but they bestowed it faithfully.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 34:10Which they delivered into the hands of them that were over the workmen in the house of the Lord, to repair the temple, and mend all that was weak.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 12:5-17

The Repairing of the Temple. ( b. c. 853.) 4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the Lord , even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the Lord , 5 Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found. 6 But it was so, that in… Read the whole commentary →

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