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New Century Version

2 Kings 12:15

They did not demand to know how the money was spent, because the workers were honest.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church and State;   Honesty;   Integrity;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Jehoiada;   Joash;   Money;   Zeal, Religious;   Thompson Chain Reference - Business;   Business Life;   Faithfulness;   Fidelity;   Honesty;   Integrity;   Social Duties;   Virtues;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Faithfulness;  

Dictionaries:

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

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
No accounting was required from the men who received the silver to pay those doing the work, since they worked with integrity.
Hebrew Names Version
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.
King James Version
Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
English Standard Version
And they did not ask for an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to pay out to the workmen, for they dealt honestly.
New English Translation
They did not audit the treasurers who disbursed the funds to the foremen, for they were honest.
Amplified Bible
Moreover, they did not require an accounting from the men into whose hands they placed the money to be paid to those who did the work, for they acted in good faith.
New American Standard Bible
Moreover, they did not require an accounting from the men into whose hands they gave the money to pay to those who did the work, because they acted faithfully.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Moreouer, they reckoned not with the men, into whose handes they deliuered that money to be bestowed on workemen: for they dealt faithfully.
Legacy Standard Bible
Moreover, they did not require an accounting from the men into whose hand they paid the money in order to pay those who did the work, for they were doing it faithfully.
Contemporary English Version
The men in charge were honest, so no one had to keep track of the money.
Complete Jewish Bible
because they gave the money to those doing the work, thus restricting its use to repairing the damage in the house of Adonai .
Darby Translation
And they did not reckon with the men into whose hand they gave the money to be bestowed on workmen; for they dealt faithfully.
Easy-to-Read Version
Those who were in charge of paying the workers did not have to give a report of how they spent the money, because they could be trusted.
George Lamsa Translation
Moreover they did not ask an accounting from the men to whom they delivered the money to give it to the workmen; for they dealt faithfully in paying out the repair money.
Good News Translation
The men in charge of the work were thoroughly honest, so there was no need to require them to account for the funds.
Lexham English Bible
They did not have to settle accounts with the men into whose hands they placed the money to give to the workers, for they were dealing honestly.
Literal Translation
And they did not reckon with the men into whose hand they gave the silver, to give to those doing the work, for they were dealing with faithfulness.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The men also that the money was delyuered vnto, for to geue the workmen, neded not to make eny acomptes, but did their busynes vpon credence.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Moreouer, they reckened not with the men into whose handes they deliuered that money to be bestowed on workme: for they did their busines faithfully:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
for they gave that to them that did the work, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
Moreouer, they reckned not with the men, into whose hand they deliuered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Also they took no account of the men into whose hands they gave the money to give to the workmen, for they acted faithfully.
English Revised Version
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.
Berean Standard Bible
No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay the workmen, because they acted with fidelity.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And rekenyng was not maad to these men that token monei, that thei schulden deele it to crafti men; but thei tretiden it in feith.
Young's Literal Translation
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.
Update Bible Version
Moreover they didn't reckon with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to give to those that did the work; for they dealt faithfully.
Webster's Bible Translation
Moreover, they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
World English Bible
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.
New King James Version
Moreover they did not require an account from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to be paid to workmen, for they dealt faithfully.
New Living Translation
No accounting of this money was required from the construction supervisors, because they were honest and trustworthy men.
New Life Bible
And they did not ask the men who paid those who did the work how the money was spent. For they were men of honor.
New Revised Standard
They did not ask an accounting from those into whose hand they delivered the money to pay out to the workers, for they dealt honestly.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they used not to reckon with the men into whose hands they gave the silver, to give it to the doers of the work, because, with faithfulness, were, they, dealing.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they reckoned not with the men that received the money to distribute it to the workmen, but they bestowed it faithfully.
Revised Standard Version
And they did not ask an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to pay out to the workmen, for they dealt honestly.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Moreover, they did not require an accounting from the men into whose hand they gave the money to pay to those who did the work, for they dealt faithfully.

Contextual Overview

4 Joash said to the priests, "Take all the money brought as offerings to the Temple of the Lord . This includes the money each person owes in taxes and the money each person promises or brings freely to the Lord . 5 Each priest will take the money from the people he serves. Then the priests must repair any damage they find in the Temple." 6 But by the twenty-third year Joash was king, the priests still had not repaired the Temple. 7 So King Joash called for Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and said to them, "Why aren't you repairing the damage of the Temple? Don't take any more money from the people you serve, but hand over the money for the repair of the Temple." 8 The priests agreed not to take any more money from the people and not to repair the Temple themselves. 9 Jehoiada the priest took a box and made a hole in the top of it. Then he put it by the altar, on the right side as the people came into the Temple of the Lord . The priests guarding the doorway put all the money brought to the Temple of the Lord into the box. 10 Each time the priests saw that the box was full of money, the king's royal secretary and the high priest came. They counted the money that had been brought to the Temple of the Lord , and they put it into bags. 11 Next they weighed the money and gave it to the people in charge of the work on the Temple. With it they paid the carpenters and the builders who worked on the Temple of the Lord , 12 as well as the bricklayers and stonecutters. They also used the money to buy timber and cut stone to repair the damage of the Temple of the Lord . It paid for everything. 13 The money brought into the Temple of the Lord was not used to make silver cups, wick trimmers, bowls, trumpets, or gold or silver vessels.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they reckoned: 2 Kings 22:7

for they dealt: 2 Chronicles 34:12, Nehemiah 7:2, Matthew 24:45, Luke 16:1, Luke 16:10, Luke 16:11, 1 Corinthians 4:2, 1 Corinthians 4:3, 3 John 1:5

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 31:12 - the dedicated Ezra 7:18 - whatsoever Nehemiah 13:13 - counted John 12:6 - the bag

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you. I will make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.
Genesis 12:4
So Abram left Haran as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. At this time Abram was 75 years old.
Genesis 12:5
He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and everything they owned, as well as all the servants they had gotten in Haran. They set out from Haran, planning to go to the land of Canaan, and in time they arrived there.
Genesis 12:16
the king was kind to Abram because he thought Abram was her brother. He gave Abram sheep, cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.
Genesis 20:2
he told people that his wife Sarah was his sister. Abimelech king of Gerar heard this, so he sent some servants to take her.
Genesis 40:2
The king became angry with his officer who served him wine and his baker,
Genesis 41:1
Two years later the king dreamed he was standing on the bank of the Nile River.
Exodus 2:5
Then the daughter of the king of Egypt came to the river to take a bath, and her servant girls were walking beside the river. When she saw the basket in the tall grass, she sent her slave girl to get it.
Exodus 2:15
When the king heard what Moses had done, he tried to kill him. But Moses ran away from the king and went to live in the land of Midian. There he sat down near a well.
1 Kings 3:1
Solomon made an agreement with the king of Egypt by marrying his daughter and bringing her to Jerusalem. At this time Solomon was still building his palace and the Temple of the Lord , as well as a wall around Jerusalem.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Moreover, they reckoned not with the men into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on the workmen,.... That is, the king's secretary and the high priest, or his officer, never called to account the overseers of the workmen, to whom they committed the money to pay them with; never examined how they laid it out, and for what:

for they dealt faithfully; they saw they acted such an honest and upright part, and such an high opinion had they of them, that they never examined their accounts, or called for their bills.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 12:15. They reckoned not with the men — They placed great confidence in them, and were not disappointed, for they dealt faithfully.


 
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