2 Kings 12:14
12 And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
13 Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD:
But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.
15 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
16 The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was 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.