Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
2 Kings 12:14
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Instead, it was paid to those doing the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD.
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But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.
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for they gave that to those who did the work, and repaired the LORD’s house with it.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
for they gave that to them that did the work, and repaired therewith the house of Jehovah.
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
2 Kings 12
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.
14 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.
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