10 So it was, whenever they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king’s (A)scribe[a] and the high priest came up and [b]put it in bags, and counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord. 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 they [c]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 (B)repair the damage of the house of the Lord, and for all that was paid out to repair the temple.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 12:10 secretary
  2. 2 Kings 12:10 tied it up
  3. 2 Kings 12:11 Lit. weighed

10 Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal secretary(A) and the high priest came, counted the money that had been brought into the temple of the Lord and put it into bags. 11 When the amount had been determined, they gave the money to the men appointed to supervise the work on the temple. With it they paid those who worked on the temple of the Lord—the carpenters and builders, 12 the masons and stonecutters.(B) They purchased timber and blocks of dressed stone for the repair of the temple of the Lord, and met all the other expenses of restoring the temple.

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