2 Kings 12:14

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2 Kings 12:9-16 The Message (MSG)

Then Jehoiada took a single chest and bored a hole in the lid and placed it to the right of the main entrance into The Temple of GOD. All the offerings that were brought to The Temple of GOD were placed in the chest by the priests who guarded the entrance. When they saw that a large sum of money had accumulated in the chest, the king’s secretary and the chief priest would empty the chest and count the offerings. They would give the money accounted for to the managers of The Temple project; they in turn would pay the carpenters, construction workers, masons, stoneworkers, and the buyers of timber and quarried stone for the repair and renovation of The Temple of GOD—any expenses connected with fixing up The Temple. But none of the money brought into The Temple of GOD was used for liturgical “extras” (silver chalices, candle snuffers, trumpets, various gold and silver vessels, etc.). It was given to the workmen to pay for their repairing GOD’s Temple. And no one even had to check on the men who handled the money given for the project—they were honest men. Offerings designated for Compensation Offerings and Absolution Offerings didn’t go into the building project—those went directly to the priests.

2 Kings 12:14 King James Version (KJV)

but they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 12:14 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

for they gave that to those who did the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 12:14 New Century Version (NCV)

They paid the money to the workers, who used it to repair the Temple of the LORD.

2 Kings 12:14 American Standard Version (ASV)

for they gave that to them that did the work, and repaired therewith the house of Jehovah.

2 Kings 12:14 New International Version (NIV)

it was paid to the workers, who used it to repair the temple.

2 Kings 12:14 New King James Version (NKJV)

But they gave that to the workmen, and they repaired the house of the LORD with it.

2 Kings 12:14 Amplified Bible (AMP)

but they gave that to those who did the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 12:14 New Living Translation (NLT)

It was paid to the workmen, who used it for the Temple repairs.

2 Kings 12:14 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)

for that was given to the workmen who were repairing the house of the LORD with it.