2 Kings 12:16

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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 12:16 King James Version (KJV)

The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests'.

2 Kings 12:16 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

The money from the guilt offerings and the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it was for the priests.

2 Kings 12:16 New Century Version (NCV)

The money from the penalty offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the Temple of the LORD, because it belonged to the priests.

2 Kings 12:16 American Standard Version (ASV)

The money for the trespass-offerings, and the money for the sin-offerings, was not brought into the house of Jehovah: it was the priests’.

2 Kings 12:16 New International Version (NIV)

The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the temple of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.

2 Kings 12:16 New King James Version (NKJV)

The money from the trespass offerings and the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD. It belonged to the priests.

2 Kings 12:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)

Money from the guilt offerings and money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD [for repairs]; it was for the priests.

2 Kings 12:16 New Living Translation (NLT)

However, the money that was contributed for guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the LORD’s Temple. It was given to the priests for their own use.

2 Kings 12:16 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)

The money from the guilt offerings and the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.