2 Kings 12:14
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.
Instead, it was paid to those doing the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD.
15 No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay the workmen, because they acted with integrity.
16 The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Instead, it was paid to those doing the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD.
- KJV
- But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.
- WEB
- for they gave that to those who did the work, and repaired the LORD’s house with it.
- ASV
- for they gave that to them that did the work, and repaired therewith the house of Jehovah.
- DARBY
- but they gave that to the workmen, and repaired the house of Jehovah with it.
- BLB
- but they gave to those doing the work, and they strengthened with it the house of YHWH.
- ÅB
- men de overgav dem til dem som ledet arbeidet, og de brukte dem til å sette Herrens hus i stand.
- OTB
- for de tildelte det til arbeiderne, som brukte det til å gjenopprette Herrens hus.
- B1930
- men de overgav dem til dem som forestod arbeidet, og de brukte dem til å sette Herrens hus i stand.