2 Kings 22:3-7
New English Translation
3 In the eighteenth year of King Josiah’s reign, the king sent the scribe Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, to the Lord’s temple with these orders:[a] 4 “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him melt down[b] the silver that has been brought by the people to the Lord’s temple and has been collected by the guards at the door. 5 Have them hand it over to the construction foremen[c] assigned to the Lord’s temple. They in turn should pay the temple workers to repair it,[d] 6 including craftsmen, builders, and masons, and should buy wood and chiseled stone for the repair work.[e] 7 Do not audit the foremen who disburse the silver, for they are honest.”[f]
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- 2 Kings 22:3 tn Heb “temple, saying.”
- 2 Kings 22:4 tc The MT has וְיַתֵּם (veyattem), “and let them add up” (Hiphil of תָּמָם [tammam], “be complete”), but the appearance of הִתִּיכוּ (hittikhu), “they melted down” (Hiphil of נָתַךְ [natakh], “pour out”) in v. 9 suggests that the verb form should be emended to וְיַתֵּךְ (veyattekh), “and let him melt down” (a Hiphil of נָתַךְ [natakh]). For a discussion of this and other options see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 281.
- 2 Kings 22:5 tn Heb “doers of the work.”
- 2 Kings 22:5 tn Heb “and let them give it to the doers of the work who are in the house of the Lord to repair the damages to the house.”
- 2 Kings 22:6 tn Heb “and to buy wood and chiseled stone to repair the house.”
- 2 Kings 22:7 tn Heb “only the silver that is given into their hand should not be reckoned with them, for in faithfulness they are acting.”
2 Kings 22:3-7
English Standard Version
Josiah Repairs the Temple
3 In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, the secretary, to the house of the Lord, saying, 4 “Go up to (A)Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money (B)that has been brought into the house of the Lord, which (C)the keepers of the threshold have collected from the people. 5 (D)And let it be given into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the Lord, and let them give it to the workmen who are at the house of the Lord, repairing the house 6 (that is, to the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons), and let them use it for buying timber and quarried stone to repair the house. 7 But (E)no accounting shall be asked from them for the money that is delivered into their hand, for they deal honestly.”
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