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Geneva Bible

2 Kings 12:14

But they gaue it to the workemen, which repayred therewith 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.
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.
Berean Standard Bible
Instead, it was paid to those doing the work, and with it they repaired 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

4 And Iehoash sayde to the Priestes, All the siluer of dedicate things that bee brought to the house of the Lord, that is, the money of them that are vnder the count, the money that euery man is set at, and all the money that one offereth willingly, & bringeth into the house of the Lord, 5 Let the Priestes take it to them, euery man of his acquaintance: and they shall repaire the broken places of the house, wheresoeuer any decay is founde. 6 Yet in the three and twentieth yeere of King Iehoash the Priestes had not mended that which was decayed in the Temple. 7 Then King Iehoash called for Iehoiada the Priest, and the other Priestes, and sayd vnto them, Why repaire yee not the ruines of the Temple? nowe therefore receiue no more money of your acquaintance, except yee deliuer it to repaire the ruines of the Temple. 8 So the Priestes consented to receiue no more money of the people, neither to repaire the decayed places of the Temple. 9 Then Iehoiada the Priest tooke a chest & bored an hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side, as euery man commeth into the Temple of the Lorde. And the Priestes that kept the doore, put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord. 10 And when they sawe there was much money in the chest, the Kinges Secretarie came vp and the hie Priest, and put it vp after that they had tolde the money that was found in the house of the Lord, 11 And they gaue the money made readie into the handes of them, that vndertooke the worke, and that had the ouersight of the house of the Lord; and they payed it out to the carpenters and builders that wrought vpon the house of the Lord, 12 And to the masons and hewers of stone, and to bye timber and hewed stone, to repayre that was decayed in the house of the Lorde, and for all that which was layed out for the reparation of the Temple. 13 Howbeit there was not made for the house of the Lorde bowles of siluer, instruments of musicke, basons, trumpets, nor any vessels of golde, or vessels of siluer of the money that was brought into 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
So the woman (seeing that the tree was good for meate, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to get knowledge) tooke of the fruite thereof, and did eate, & gaue also to her husband with her, and he did eate.
Genesis 6:2
Then the sonnes of God sawe the daughters of men that they were faire, & they tooke them wiues of all that they liked.
Genesis 39:7
Nowe therefore after these thinges, his masters wife cast her eyes vpon Ioseph, and saide, Lye with me.
Matthew 5:28
But I say vnto you, that whosoeuer looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adulterie with her already 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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