2 Kings 12:13

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11 Then they gave the money, which had been apportioned, into the hands of those who did the work, who had the oversight of the house of the Lord; and they¹ paid it out to the carpenters and builders who worked on the house of the Lord,

12 and to masons and stonecutters, and for buying timber and hewn stone, to ^arepair the damage of the house of the Lord, and for all that was paid out to repair the temple.

13 However ^athere were not made for the house of the Lord basins of silver, trimmers, sprinkling-bowls, trumpets, any articles of gold or articles of silver, from the money brought into the house of the Lord.

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

15 Moreover ^athey did not require an account from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to be paid to workmen, for they dealt faithfully.

16 ^aThe money from the trespass offerings and the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the Lord. ^bIt belonged to the priests.

Hazael Threatens Jerusalem

17 ^aHazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath, and took it; then ^bHazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

18 And Jehoash king of Judah ^atook all the sacred things that his fathers, Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own sacred things, and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and in the king’s house, and sent them to Hazael king of Syria. Then he went away from Jerusalem.

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Barnes' Notes

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2 Kings 12:13

Comparing this verse with the marginal reference, it will be seen that the author of Kings desires to point out, that the repairs were not delayed by any deductions from the money that flowed in. The writer of Chronicles describes what became of the surplus in the chest after the last repairs were completed.

The need of supplying fresh bowls, snuffers, etc., arose from the pollution of those previously used in the temple service by their application to the Baal worship during the reigns of Ahaziah and Athaliah (see II Chronicles 24:7).

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