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2 Kings 12:14

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 2 Kings 12:14 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “for they gave that to them that did the work, and repaired therewith the house of Jehovah.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

for they gave that to them that did the work, and repaired therewith the house of Jehovah.
2 Kings 12:14 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Kings 12

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
11And they gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of Jehovah: and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders, that wrought upon the house of Jehovah,
12and to the masons and the hewers of stone, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of Jehovah, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
13But there were not made for the house of Jehovah cups of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of Jehovah;
14for they gave that to them that did the work, and repaired therewith the house of Jehovah.
15Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to give to them that did the work; for they dealt faithfully.
16The money for the trespass-offerings, and the money for the sin-offerings, was not brought into the house of Jehovah: it was the priests`.
17Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the Lord.] They took care that the workmen should first be paid for the repairs of the temple.”
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