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2 Kings 12:14

Instead, it was paid to those doing the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church and State;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Jehoiada;   Joash;   Liberality;   Money;   Temple;   Treasure-Houses;   Zeal, Religious;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jehoash;   Temple;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Zeal;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jerusalem;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kings, 1 and 2;   Masons;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Government;   Jerusalem;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Joash ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Joash;   Temple;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Worker;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Drinking-Vessels;   Parashiyyot, the Four;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Instead, it was given to those doing the work, and they repaired the Lord’s temple with it.
Hebrew Names Version
for they gave that to those who did the work, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.
King James Version
But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the Lord .
English Standard Version
for that was given to the workmen who were repairing the house of the Lord with it.
New Century Version
They paid the money to the workers, who used it to repair the Temple of the Lord .
New English Translation
It was handed over to the foremen who used it to repair the Lord 's temple.
Amplified Bible
but they gave that to those who did the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
for they gave that to those who did the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But they gaue it to the workemen, which repayred therewith the house of the Lord.
Legacy Standard Bible
for they gave that to those who did the work, and with it they repaired the house of Yahweh.
Contemporary English Version
It went only to pay for repairs.
Complete Jewish Bible
But none of the money brought into the house of Adonai was used to make silver cups, snuffers, bowls, trumpets or other articles of gold or silver for the house of Adonai ;
Darby Translation
but they gave that to the workmen, and repaired the house of Jehovah with it.
George Lamsa Translation
But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired with it the house of the LORD.
Good News Translation
It was all used to pay the workers and to buy the materials used in the repairs.
Lexham English Bible
For they gave that to all the workers, and they repaired the temple of Yahweh with it.
Literal Translation
for they gave it to those doing the work, and they made strong the house of Jehovah with it.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but it was geuen vnto the workmen to repayre the decaye in the house of the LORDE therwith.
American Standard Version
for they gave that to them that did the work, and repaired therewith the house of Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
But it was all given to the workmen who were building up the house.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But they gaue that to the workemen, and repaired therewith the house of the Lorde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But there were not made for the house of the LORD cups of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD;
King James Version (1611)
But they gaue that to the workemen, and repaired therewith the house of the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
for they were to give it to the workmen, and they repaired therewith the house of the Lord.
English Revised Version
for they gave that to them that did the work, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For it was youun to hem that maden werk, that the temple of the Lord schulde be reparelid.
Young's Literal Translation
for to those doing the work they give it, and they have strengthened with it the house of Jehovah,
Update Bible Version
for they gave that to those that did the work, and repaired therewith the house of Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired with it the house of the LORD.
World English Bible
for they gave that to those who did the work, and repaired therewith the house of Yahweh.
New King James Version
But they gave that to the workmen, and they repaired the house of the LORD with it.
New Living Translation
It was paid to the workmen, who used it for the Temple repairs.
New Life Bible
For they gave that to those who did the work. It was used to put together the broken places of the house of the Lord.
New Revised Standard
for that was given to the workers who were repairing the house of the Lord with it.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
for, to the doers of the work, used they to give it; and so they repaired, therewith, the house of Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For it was given to them that did the work, that the temple of the Lord might be repaired.
Revised Standard Version
for that was given to the workmen who were repairing the house of the LORD with it.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
for they gave that to those who did the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD.

Contextual Overview

4Then Joash said to the priests, "Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD-the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD. 5Let every priest receive it from his constituency, and let it be used to repair any damage found in the temple." 6But by the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, the priests had not repaired the damage to the temple. 7So King Joash called Jehoiada and the other priests and said, "Why have you not repaired the damage in the temple? Now, therefore, take no more money from your constituency, but hand it over for the repair of the temple." 8So the priests agreed they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves. 9Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD. 10Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal scribe and the high priest would go up, count the money brought into the house of the LORD, and tie it up in bags. 11Then they would put the counted money into the hands of those who supervised the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn would pay those doing the work-the carpenters, builders, 12masons, and stonecutters. They also purchased timber and dressed stone to repair the damage to the house of the LORD, and they paid the other expenses of the temple repairs. 13However, the money brought into the house of the LORD was not used for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver for the house of the LORD.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 26:27 - to maintain 2 Chronicles 24:14 - General 2 Chronicles 34:10 - in the hand John 12:6 - the bag

Cross-References

Genesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
Genesis 6:2
the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
Genesis 39:7
and after some time his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, "Sleep with me."
Matthew 5:28
But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the Lord. They took care that the workmen should first be paid for the repairs of the temple.


 
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