2 Kings 12:11
9 Then 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.
10 Whenever 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.
Then 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,
12 masons, 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.
13 However, 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.
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- BSB
- Then 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,
- KJV
- And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD,
- WEB
- They gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of those who did the work, who had the oversight of the LORD’s house; and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders who worked on the LORD’s house,
- ASV
- And they gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of Jehovah: and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders, that wrought upon the house of Jehovah,
- DARBY
- And they gave the money, weighed out into the hands of them that did the work, who were appointed over the house of Jehovah; and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders that wrought upon the house of Jehovah,
- BLB
- And they gave the weighed silver into the hands of those who did the work, those inspecting the house of YHWH, and they paid it out to the carpenters and to the builders making the house of YHWH,
- ÅB
- Så overgav de pengene som de hadde veid, til dem som ledet arbeidet og hadde tilsyn med Herrens hus; og de gav dem igjen ut til tømmermennene og bygningsmennene som arbeidet på Herrens hus,
- OTB
- Så ga de pengene, som var blitt talt, i hendene på dem som gjorde arbeidet, som hadde tilsyn med Herrens hus; og de betalte dem ut til tømrerne og bygningsmennene som arbeidet på Herrens hus,
- B1930
- Så overgav de pengene som de hadde veid, til dem som forestod arbeidet og hadde tilsyn med Herrens hus; og de gav dem igjen ut til tømmermennene og bygningsmennene som arbeidet på Herrens hus,
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Cross references
2 Chronicles 34:9–11
So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites at the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, Judah, and Benjamin, and from the people of Jerusalem.
Read in context2 Kings 22:5–6
And let them deliver it into the hands of the supervisors of those doing the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn are to give it to the workmen repairing the damages to the house of the LORD—
Read in context2 Chronicles 24:11–12
Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this daily and gathered the money in abundance.
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