2 Kings 12:14

for, to the doers of the work, used they to give it; and so they repaired, therewith, the house of Yahweh.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

13Howbeit there were not made for the house of Yahweh, bowls of silver, snuffers, dashing basins, trumpets, any vessel of gold, or any vessel of silver,—out of the silver that was brought into the house of Yahweh;

15And they used not to reckon with the men into whose hands they gave the silver, to give it to the doers of the work, because, with faithfulness, were, they, dealing.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 34:10And the overseers in the house of Yahweh, delivered it into the hand of the doer of the work,—yea they delivered it to the doers of the work, because they were working in the house of Yahweh, in searching and repairing the house:

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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