11 And they handed the money which was assessed over to those who did the work, who had the oversight of the house of the Lord; and they [a]paid it out to the carpenters and the builders who worked on the house of the Lord; 12 and (A)to the masons and the stonecutters, and for buying timber and cut stone to repair the damage to the house of the Lord, and for everything that [b]was laid out for the house to repair it. 13 However (B)there were not made for the house of the Lord (C)silver cups, shears, bowls, trumpets, any receptacles of gold, or receptacles of silver from the money which was brought into the house of the Lord; 14 for they gave that to those who did the work, and with it they repaired the house of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 12:11 Lit brought
  2. 2 Kings 12:12 Lit went out

11 When the amount had been determined, they gave the money to the men appointed to supervise the work on the temple. With it they paid those who worked on the temple of the Lord—the carpenters and builders, 12 the masons and stonecutters.(A) They purchased timber and blocks of dressed stone for the repair of the temple of the Lord, and met all the other expenses of restoring the temple.

13 The money brought into the temple was not spent for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets or any other articles of gold(B) or silver for the temple of the Lord; 14 it was paid to the workers, who used it to repair the temple.

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