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Good News Translation

2 Kings 22:7

The men in charge of the work are thoroughly honest, so there is no need to require them to account for the funds."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Honesty;   Integrity;   Josiah;   Money;   Scribe (S);   Secretary (Recordist);   Shaphan;   Temple;   Thompson Chain Reference - Business Life;   Honesty;   Integrity;   Virtues;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;   Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Josiah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Zephaniah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Josiah;   Shaphan;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Grove;   Hezekiah;   Josiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Honesty;   Jeremiah;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Masons;   Zephaniah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Deuteronomy;   Gedaliah;   Hexateuch;   Hilkiah;   Huldah;   Idolatry;   Israel;   Jerusalem;   Shaphan;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hilkiah ;   Josiah ;   Shaphan ;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Moses, the Man of God;   Kingdom of Judah;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for February 22;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But no accounting is to be required from them for the silver given to them since they work with integrity.”
Hebrew Names Version
However there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully.
King James Version
Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.
English Standard Version
But no accounting shall be asked from them for the money that is delivered into their hand, for they deal honestly."
New Century Version
They do not need to report how they use the money given to them, because they are working honestly."
New English Translation
Do not audit the foremen who disburse the silver, for they are honest."
Amplified Bible
"However, no accounting shall be required of them for the money placed in their hands, because they act faithfully."
New American Standard Bible
"However, no accounting shall be made with them for the money handed over to them, because they deal honestly."
World English Bible
However there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Howebeit, let no rekoning bee made with them of the money, that is deliuered into their hand: for they deale faithfully.
Legacy Standard Bible
Only no accounting shall be made with them for the money given into their hands, for they deal faithfully."
Berean Standard Bible
But they need not account for the money put into their hands, since they work with integrity."
Contemporary English Version
They are honest, so we won't ask them to keep track of the money.
Complete Jewish Bible
However, they did not require an accounting from the supervisors given the money to spend, because they dealt honestly.
Darby Translation
But no reckoning was made with them of the money that was given into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.
Easy-to-Read Version
Don't count the money that you give to the workers. They can be trusted."
George Lamsa Translation
However there was no accounting made with them of the money that was delivered into their hands, because they dealt faithfully.
Lexham English Bible
Only the money being given to them is not to be accounted for by them, for they are dealing with honesty."
Literal Translation
only, the silver that is given into their hand shall not be reckoned with them, for they are acting in faithfulness.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but so yt there be no accomptes taken of them concernynge the money, that is vnder their hande, but yt they deale withall vpon credence.
American Standard Version
Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully.
Bible in Basic English
They did not have to give any account of the money which was handed to them, for they made use of it with good faith.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Howbeit, let no reckenyng be made with them of the money that is deliuered into their hande, for their vse is to deale faithfully.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully.
King James Version (1611)
Howbeit, there was no reckoning made with them, of the money that was deliuered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Only they did not call them to account for the money that was given to them, because they dealt faithfully.
English Revised Version
Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
netheles siluer, which thei taken, be not rekynyd to hem, but haue thei in power, and in feith.
Update Bible Version
Nevertheless there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully.
Webster's Bible Translation
But there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.
New King James Version
However there need be no accounting made with them of the money delivered into their hand, because they deal faithfully."
New Living Translation
But don't require the construction supervisors to keep account of the money they receive, for they are honest and trustworthy men."
New Life Bible
But do not make them tell you how the money was spent that was given to them. For they are honest men."
New Revised Standard
But no accounting shall be asked from them for the money that is delivered into their hand, for they deal honestly."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Howbeit there used to be no reckoning made with them, as to the silver that was given into their hand, - because, with faithfulness, were they dealing.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But let there be no reckoning made with them of the money which they receive, but let them have it in their power, and in their trust.
Revised Standard Version
But no accounting shall be asked from them for the money which is delivered into their hand, for they deal honestly."
Young's Literal Translation
only, the silver that is given into their hand is not reckoned with them, for in faithfulness they are dealing.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Only no accounting shall be made with them for the money delivered into their hands, for they deal faithfully."

Contextual Overview

1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for thirty-one years. His mother was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah from the town of Bozkath. 2 Josiah did what was pleasing to the Lord ; he followed the example of his ancestor King David, strictly obeying all the laws of God. 3 In the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent the court secretary Shaphan, the son of Azaliah and grandson of Meshullam, to the Temple with the order: 4 "Go to the High Priest Hilkiah and get a report on the amount of money that the priests on duty at the entrance to the Temple have collected from the people. 5 Tell him to give the money to the men who are in charge of the repairs in the Temple. They are to pay 6 the carpenters, the builders, and the masons, and buy the timber and the stones used in the repairs. 7 The men in charge of the work are thoroughly honest, so there is no need to require them to account for the funds." 8 Shaphan delivered the king's order to Hilkiah, and Hilkiah told him that he had found the book of the Law in the Temple. Hilkiah gave him the book, and Shaphan read it. 9 Then he went back to the king and reported: "Your servants have taken the money that was in the Temple and have handed it over to the men in charge of the repairs." 10 And then he said, "I have here a book that Hilkiah gave me." And he read it aloud to the king.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Howbeit: 2 Kings 12:15, 2 Chronicles 24:14

they dealt faithfully: Exodus 36:5, Exodus 36:6, Nehemiah 7:2, Proverbs 28:20, Luke 16:10-12, 1 Corinthians 4:2, 2 Corinthians 8:20, 2 Corinthians 8:21, 2 Timothy 2:2, 3 John 1:5

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 34:12 - faithfully Ezra 7:18 - whatsoever Nehemiah 13:13 - counted

Cross-References

Genesis 8:20
Noah built an altar to the Lord ; he took one of each kind of ritually clean animal and bird, and burned them whole as a sacrifice on the altar.
Genesis 22:2
"Take your son," God said, "your only son, Isaac, whom you love so much, and go to the land of Moriah. There on a mountain that I will show you, offer him as a sacrifice to me."
Genesis 22:4
On the third day Abraham saw the place in the distance.
Exodus 12:3
Give these instructions to the whole community of Israel: On the tenth day of this month each man must choose either a lamb or a young goat for his household.
Matthew 26:39
He went a little farther on, threw himself face downward on the ground, and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, take this cup of suffering from me! Yet not what I want, but what you want."
Matthew 26:42
Once more Jesus went away and prayed, "My Father, if this cup of suffering cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will be done."
John 18:11
Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword back in its place! Do you think that I will not drink the cup of suffering which my Father has given me?"
Romans 8:15
For the Spirit that God has given you does not make you slaves and cause you to be afraid; instead, the Spirit makes you God's children, and by the Spirit's power we cry out to God, "Father! my Father!"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Howbeit, there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand,.... No account was kept between the high priest, and the king's scribe who delivered the money and the overseers of the workmen, who received it from them the latter were not called to any account by the former, nor any audit made of their accounts:

because they dealt faithfully: they were persons of such known honour and integrity, that their fidelity was not in the least called in question, but were trusted without examining their accounts, and how they disposed of the money committed to them, see 2 Kings 12:15.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They dealt faithfully - Compare the marginal reference. The names of these honest overseers are given in Chronicles 2 Chronicles 34:12.


 
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