NET Bible
"They did not audit the treasurers who disbursed the funds to the foremen, for they were honest."
— 2 Kings 12:15, NET Bible
“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.”
“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.”
as well as masons and stonecutters. They bought wood and chiseled stone to repair the damage to the LORD’s temple and also paid for all the other expenses.
The silver brought to the LORD’s temple was not used for silver bowls, trimming shears, basins, trumpets, or any kind of gold or silver implements.
It was handed over to the foremen who used it to repair the LORD’s temple.
They did not audit the treasurers who disbursed the funds to the foremen, for they were honest.
(The silver collected in conjunction with reparation offerings and sin offerings was not brought to the LORD’s temple; it belonged to the priests.)
At that time King Hazael of Syria attacked Gath and captured it. Hazael then decided to attack Jerusalem.
King Jehoash of Judah collected all the sacred items that his ancestors Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had consecrated, as well as his own sacred items and all the gold that could be found in the treasuries of the LORD’s temple and the royal palace. He sent it all to King Hazael of Syria, who then withdrew from Jerusalem.