2 Kings 22:7
But they need not account for the money put into their hands, since they work with integrity.”
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
6to the carpenters, builders, and masons—to buy timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.
Cross References
Exodus 36:5and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD has commanded us to do.”
2 Chronicles 24:14When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made articles for the house of the LORD—utensils for the service and for the burnt offerings, dishes, and other objects of gold and silver. Throughout the days of Jehoiada, burnt offerings were presented regularly in the house of the LORD.
Proverbs 28:20A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
1 Corinthians 4:2Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
2 Timothy 2:2And the things that you have heard me say among many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be qualified to teach others as well.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 22:2-11
Josiah's Pious Reign; the Book of the Law Read. ( b. c. 623.) 1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left. 3 And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of… Read the whole commentary →