2nd Kings Chapter 12 verse 15 Holy Bible
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.
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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.
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And they did not reckon with the men into whose hand they gave the money to be bestowed on workmen; for they dealt faithfully.
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Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
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Moreover, they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
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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.
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and they do not reckon with the men into whose hand they give the money to give to those doing the work, for in faithfulness they are dealing.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 15. - Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen. Society rests upon faith and trust. In all business transactions confidence must be reposed in some one, whose character is the guarantee of his honesty. In the case before us, the overseers of the temple were the persons trusted to expend the money aright (see ver. 11). The overseers (2 Kings 11:18) had been appointed by the high priest. For they dealt faithfully; i.e. honestly.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15) Moreover they reckoned not.--Rather, and they were not wont to reckon.To be bestowed on workmen.--Literally, to give to the doers of the work. Here the phrase "doers of the work" obviously means the artisans, not the superintendents, as in 2Kings 12:11.They dealt faithfully.--This is not a covert thrust at the priests, as Thenius imagines. The statement of the verse is repeated in 2Kings 22:7, in connection with the restoration of the Temple under Josiah, where the priests are not concerned in the matter at all. All that is meant is, that the officials entrusted with the oversight of the work were above suspicion, and did not belie their reputation.
