Catholic Public Domain Version
"And they did not ration the money to the men who received it in order to distribute it to the artisans. Instead, they bestowed it with faith. "
— 2 Kings 12:15, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.”
“Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to give to them that did the work; for they dealt faithfully. ”
“Moreover they didn't demand an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to give to those who did the work; for they dealt faithfully.”
“They did not audit the treasurers who disbursed the funds to the foremen, for they were honest.”
“And they reckoned not with the men that received the money to distribute it to the workmen, but they bestowed it faithfully.”
“And they did not get any statement of accounts from the men to whom the money was given for the workmen, for they made use of it with good faith.”
“Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.”
and restoring the surfaces, and to those who were cutting stones, and buying timber and stones to be cut, so that the repairs to the house of the Lord might be finished: for all that was needed toward the expenses in order to strengthen the house.
Yet truly, from the same money, they did not make for the temple of the Lord water pitchers, or small hooks, or censers, or trumpets, or any vessel of gold or silver, from the money that was brought into the temple of the Lord.
For it was given to those who were doing the work, so that the temple of the Lord might be repaired.
And they did not ration the money to the men who received it in order to distribute it to the artisans. Instead, they bestowed it with faith.
Yet truly, the money for offenses and the money for sins, they did not bring into the temple of the Lord, since it was for the priests.
Then Hazael, the king of Syria, ascended and fought against Gath, and he captured it. And he directed his face, so that he might ascend against Jerusalem.
For this reason, Jehoash, the king of Judah, took all the sanctified things, which Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, the kings of Judah, had consecrated and which he himself had offered, and all the silver that could be found in the treasuries of the temple of the Lord and in the palace of the king, and he sent it to Hazael, the king of Syria. And so he withdrew from Jerusalem.