2 Kings 12:15
Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
2 Kings 12:15 in other translations
| BSB | No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay the workmen, because they acted with integrity. |
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| WEB | Moreover they didn’t demand an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to give to those who did the work; for they dealt faithfully. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | and they do not reckon with the men into whose hand they give the money to give to those doing the work, for in faithfulness they are dealing. |
| DARBY | And they did not reckon with the men into whose hand they gave the money to be bestowed on workmen; for they dealt faithfully. |
| BBE | And they did not get any statement of accounts from the men to whom the money was given for the workmen, for they made use of it with good faith. |
| Webster | Moreover, they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully. |
What does 2 Kings 12:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 12:13-16
13-16. Howbeit there were not made ... bowls, &c.--When the repairs of the temple had been completed, the surplus was appropriated to the purchase of the temple furniture. The integrity of the overseers of the work being undoubted, no account was exacted of the way in which they applied the money given to them, while other moneys levied at the temple were left to the disposal of the priests as the law directed (Le…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 12:1-16
It is a great mercy to young people, especially to all young men of rank, like Jehoash, to have those about them who will instruct them to do what is right in the sight of the Lord; and they do wisely and well for themselves, when willing to be counselled and ruled. The temple was out of repair; Jehoash orders the repair of the temple. The king was zealous. God requires those who have power, to use it for the…
2 Kings 12:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Kings 12:15
- 2 Kings 22:7
Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.
- Nehemiah 7:2
That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
- Luke 16:1
And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
- 2 Chronicles 34:12
And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.
- 1 Corinthians 4:2-3
Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.
- Matthew 24:45
Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
- 3 John 1:5
Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
- Luke 16:10-11
He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
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Context
- 2 Kings 12:14
But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the Lord.
- 2 Kings 12:15
Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
- 2 Kings 12:16
The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the Lord: it was the priests’.
2 Kings 12:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y no se tomaba cuenta á los hombres en cuyas manos el dinero era entregado, para que ellos lo diesen á los que hacían la obra: porque lo hacían ellos fielmente. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | mais on le donnait à ceux qui faisaient l’ouvrage, et ils l’employaient à réparer la maison de l’ Éternel. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und man rechnete nicht mit den Männern, in deren Hand man das Geld gab, um es denen zu geben, welche das Werk taten; denn sie handelten getreulich. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et non fiebat ratio iis hominibus qui accipiebant pecuniam ut distribuerent eam artificibus, sed in fide tractabant eam. |