2 Kings 12 · Verse 16

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 12:16, King James Version

2 Kings 12:16 in other translations

BSBThe money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.
WEBThe money for the trespass offerings and the money for the sin offerings was not brought into the LORD’s house. It was the priests’.
ASVThe money for the trespass-offerings, and the money for the sin-offerings, was not brought into the house of Jehovah: it was the priests’.
YLTThe money of a trespass-offering, and the money of sin-offerings is not brought in to the house of Jehovah--for the priests it is.
DARBYThe money of trespass-offerings, and the money of sin-offerings, was not brought into the house of Jehovah: it was for the priests.
BBEThe money of the offerings for error and the sin-offerings was not taken into the house of the Lord; it was the priests'.
WebsterThe trespass-money and sin-money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests'.

What does 2 Kings 12:16 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…

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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…

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2 Kings 12:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כֶּ֤סֶףKe.sefmoney ofH3701
אָשָׁם֙'a.Shamguilt offeringH817
וְכֶ֣סֶףve.Khe.sefand money ofH3701
חַטָּא֔וֹתcha.ta.'otsin offeringsH2403
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
יוּבָ֖אyu.Va'it was broughtH935
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
לַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםla.ko.ha.Nimto the priestsH3548
יִהְיֽוּ\׃\ \פyih.Yuthey belongedH1961

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 12:16

  • Leviticus 7:7

    As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it.

  • Leviticus 5:15-18

    If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the Lord; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the Lord a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering: And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him. And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the Lord; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him.

  • Leviticus 4:24

    And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the Lord: it is a sin offering.

  • Leviticus 4:29

    And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.

  • Hosea 4:8

    They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.

  • Numbers 5:8-10

    But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the Lord, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him. And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his. And every man’s hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.

  • Numbers 18:8-9

    And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever. This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.

  • Numbers 18:19

    All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the Lord, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the Lord unto thee and to thy seed with thee.

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trespass money.
Le 5:15-18; 7:7; Nu 5:8-10; 18:8,9; Ho 4:8

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Context

  • 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 12:17

    Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

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2 Kings 12:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El dinero por el delito, y el dinero por los pecados, no se metía en la casa de Jehová; porque era de los sacerdotes.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et on ne comptait pas avec les hommes entre les mains desquels on remettait l’argent pour le donner à ceux qui faisaient l’ouvrage, car ils agissaient fidèlement.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Das Geld von Schuldopfern und das Geld von Sündopfern wurde nicht in das Haus Jehovas gebracht; es war für die Priester.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Pecuniam vero pro delicto, et pecuniam pro peccatis non inferebant in templum Domini, quia sacerdotum erat.