2 Kings 12:15
And they reckoned not with the men that received the money to distribute it to the workmen, but they bestowed it faithfully.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
14For it was given to them that did the work, that the temple of the Lord might be repaired.
Cross References
2 Kings 22:7But 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.
Nehemiah 7:2I commanded Hanani my brother, and Hananias ruler of the house of Jerusalem, (for he seemed as a sincere man, and one that feared God above the rest,)
Luke 16:1And he said also to his disciples: There was a certain rich man who had a steward: and the same was accused unto him, that he had wasted his goods.
1 Corinthians 4:2Here now it is required among the dispensers, that a man be found faithful.
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 →