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2 Kings 12:15

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 2 Kings 12:15 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Moreover 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.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Moreover 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.
2 Kings 12:15 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Kings 12

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
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.
18And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and of the king`s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from 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
“Moreover, they reckoned not with the men into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on the workmen, etc.] That is, the king’s secretary and the high priest, or his officer, never called to account the overseers of the workmen, to whom they committed the money to pay them with; never examined how they laid it out, and for what: for they dealt faithfully; they saw they acted such an honest and upright part, and such an high opinion had they of them, that they never examined their accounts, or called for their bills.”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Faithfully - For they perceived by many experiments that they were faithful. 4 Kings (2 Kings) 12:20”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“they reckoned: Kg2 22:7 for they dealt: Ch2 34:12; Neh 7:2; Mat 24:45; Luk 16:1, Luk 16:10, Luk 16:11; Co1 4:2, Co1 4:3; Jo3 1:5 4 Kings (2 Kings) 12:16”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“No return was required of the inspectors as to the money handed over to them, because they were convinced of their honesty. 4 Kings (2 Kings) 12:16”
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