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2 Kings 12:4-16
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4 Jehoash said to the priests, “I place at your disposal[a] all the consecrated silver that has been brought to the Lord’s temple, including the silver collected from the census tax,[b] the silver received from those who have made vows,[c] and all the silver that people have voluntarily contributed to the Lord’s temple.[d] 5 The priests should receive the silver they need from the treasurers and repair any damage to the temple they discover.”[e]

6 By the twenty-third year of King Jehoash’s reign the priests had still not repaired the damage to the temple. 7 So King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest along with the other priests, and said to them, “Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, take no more silver from your treasurers unless you intend to use it to repair the damage.”[f] 8 The priests agreed[g] not to collect silver from the people and relieved themselves of personal responsibility for the temple repairs.[h]

9 Jehoiada the priest took a chest and drilled a hole in its lid. He placed it on the right side of the altar near the entrance of[i] the Lord’s temple. The priests who guarded the entrance would put into it all the silver brought to the Lord’s temple. 10 When they saw the chest was full of silver, the royal secretary[j] and the high priest counted the silver that had been brought to the Lord’s temple and bagged it up.[k] 11 They would then hand over[l] the silver that had been weighed to the construction foremen[m] assigned to the Lord’s temple. They hired carpenters and builders to work on the Lord’s temple, 12 as well as masons and stonecutters. They bought wood and chiseled stone to repair the damage to the Lord’s temple and also paid for all the other expenses.[n] 13 The silver brought to the Lord’s temple was not used for silver bowls, trimming shears, basins, trumpets, or any kind of gold or silver implements. 14 It was handed over[o] to the foremen who used it to repair the Lord’s temple. 15 They did not audit the treasurers who disbursed[p] the funds to the foremen, for they were honest.[q] 16 (The silver collected in conjunction with reparation offerings and sin offerings was not brought to the Lord’s temple; it belonged to the priests.)

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  1. 2 Kings 12:4 tn The words “I place at your disposal” are added in the translation for clarification.
  2. 2 Kings 12:4 tn Heb “the silver of passing over a man.” The precise meaning of the phrase is debated, but עָבַר (ʿavar), “pass over,” probably refers here to counting, suggesting the reference is to a census conducted for taxation purposes. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 137.
  3. 2 Kings 12:4 tn Heb “the silver of persons, his valuation.” The precise meaning of the phrase is uncertain, but parallels in Lev 27 suggest that personal vows are referred to here. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 137.
  4. 2 Kings 12:4 tn Heb “all the silver which goes up on the heart of a man to bring to the house of the Lord.”
  5. 2 Kings 12:5 tn Heb “Let the priests take for themselves, each from his treasurer, and let them repair the damage of the temple, with respect to all the damage that is found there.” The word מַכָּר (makar), translated here “treasurer,” occurs only in this passage. Some suggest it means “merchant” or “benefactor.” Its usage in Ugaritic texts, where it appears in a list of temple officials, suggests that it refers in this context to individuals who were in charge of disbursing temple funds.
  6. 2 Kings 12:7 tn Heb “Now, do not take silver from your treasurers, because for the damages to the temple you must give it.”
  7. 2 Kings 12:8 tn Outside of this passage the verb אוּת (ʾut) appears only in Gen 34:15-22.
  8. 2 Kings 12:8 tn Heb “and not to repair the damages to the temple.” This does not mean that the priests were no longer interested in repairing the temple. As the following context makes clear, the priests decided to hire skilled workers to repair the damage to the temple, rather than trying to make the repairs themselves.
  9. 2 Kings 12:9 tn Heb “on the right of the altar as a man enters.”
  10. 2 Kings 12:10 tn Heb “the king’s scribe.”
  11. 2 Kings 12:10 tn Heb “went up and tied [it] and counted the silver that was found in the house of the Lord.” The order of the clauses has been rearranged in the translation to make better sense in English, since it seems more logical to count the money before bagging it (cf. NIV, NCV, NRSV, NLT).
  12. 2 Kings 12:11 tn Heb “would give.”
  13. 2 Kings 12:11 tn Heb “doers of the work.”
  14. 2 Kings 12:12 tn Heb “and for all that which was going out concerning the house for repair.”
  15. 2 Kings 12:14 tn Heb “was given.”
  16. 2 Kings 12:15 tn Heb “gave.”
  17. 2 Kings 12:15 tn Heb “and they did not conduct a reckoning of the men who gave the silver into their hand to give to the doers of the work, for in honesty they were working.”
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2 Kings 12:4-16
New American Standard Bible

The Temple to Be Repaired

4 Then Jehoash said to the priests, “All the money of the sacred offerings (A)which is brought into the house of the Lord, in current money, both (B)the money of each man’s assessment and all the money [a]which anyone’s heart prompts him to bring into the house of the Lord, 5 The priests are to take it for themselves, each from his [b]acquaintance; and they shall repair [c]damage to the house wherever [d]any damage is found.”

6 But it came about that in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, (C)the priests had not repaired any damage to the house. 7 So King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said to them, “Why do you not repair damage to the house? Now then, you are not to take any more money from your [e]acquaintances, but give it up for the damage to the house.” 8 The priests then agreed that they would not take any more money from the people, nor would they [f]repair damage to the house.

9 Instead, (D)Jehoiada the priest [g]took a chest and drilled a hole in its lid and put it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of the Lord; and the priests who guarded the threshold put in it all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord. 10 When they saw that there was a great amount of money in the chest, (E)the king’s scribe and the high priest went up and tied it up in bags, and counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord. 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 [h]paid it out to the carpenters and the builders who worked on the house of the Lord; 12 and (F)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 [i]was laid out for the house to repair it. 13 However (G)there were not made for the house of the Lord (H)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. 15 Moreover, (I)they did not require an accounting from the men into whose hands they gave the money to pay to those who did the work, because they acted faithfully. 16 The (J)money from the guilt offerings and (K)the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the Lord; (L)it belonged to the priests.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 12:4 Lit which it comes into...to bring
  2. 2 Kings 12:5 Or perhaps assessor
  3. 2 Kings 12:5 Lit a breach, and so through v 12
  4. 2 Kings 12:5 Lit a breach, and so through v 12
  5. 2 Kings 12:7 See note 1 v 5
  6. 2 Kings 12:8 I.e., do or oversee repairs themselves
  7. 2 Kings 12:9 I.e., at the king’s command; see 2 Chr 24:8
  8. 2 Kings 12:11 Lit brought
  9. 2 Kings 12:12 Lit went out
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