2 Kings 12:15

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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
reckoned	יְחַשְּׁב֣וּ ye.cha.she.Vu	H2803	properly · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
men	הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים ha.'a.na.Shim	H582	a man in general (singly or collectively) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
hand	יָדָ֔ם ya.Dam	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
delivered	יִתְּנ֤וּ yi.te.Nu	H5414	to give · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
money	הַכֶּ֙סֶף֙ ha.Ke.sef	H3701	silver (from its pale color) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
bestowed	לָתֵ֖ת la.Tet	H5414	to give · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
workmen	הַמְּלָאכָ֑ה ha.me.la.Khah	H4399	properly · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
dealt	לְעֹשֵׂ֣י le.'o.Sei	H6213	to do or make · preposition + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
faithfully	בֶאֱמֻנָ֖ה ve.'e.mu.Nah	H530	literally firmness · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

2 Kings 22:7 Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.
2 Chronicles 34:12 And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah an…
Nehemiah 7:2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above…
Matthew 24:45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
Luke 16:1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted…
Luke 16:10-11 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
1 Corinthians 4:2-3 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
3 John 1:5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 12:4-16

We have here an account of the repairing of the temple in the reign of Joash. I. It seems, the temple had gone out of repair. Though Solomon built it very strong, of the best materials and in the best manner, yet in time it went to decay, and there were breaches found in it (Kg2 12:5), in the roofs, or walls, or floors, the ceiling, or wainscoting, or windows, or the partitions of the courts. Even temples themselves are the worse for the wearing; but the heavenly temple will never wax old. Yet it was not only the teeth of time that made these breaches, the sons of Athaliah had broken up the house of God (Ch2 24:7), and, out of enmity to the service of the temple, had damaged the buildings of…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 12:13

Howbeit there were not made . . . bowls, &c.--When the repairs of the temple had been completed, the surplus was appropriated to the purchase of the temple furniture. The integrity of the overseers of the work being undoubted, no account was exacted of the way in which they applied the money given to them, while other moneys levied at the temple were left to the disposal of the priests as the law directed (Lev 5:16; Num 5:8).

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 12:15

They reckoned not with the men - They placed great confidence in them, and were not disappointed, for they dealt faithfully.

John Gill on 2 Kings 12:15

Moreover, they reckoned not with the men into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on the workmen,.... That is, the king's secretary and the high priest, or his officer, never called to account the overseers of the workmen, to whom they committed the money to pay them with; never examined how they laid it out, and for what: for they dealt faithfully; they saw they acted such an honest and upright part, and such an high opinion had they of them, that they never examined their accounts, or called for their bills.

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The Church Fathers

"And no account was made with the men who received the money, etc." [2 Kings 12:15] This is said, about the restoration of the house of the Lord by the aforesaid king Jehoash: And no reckoning was made with the men who received the money to distribute it to the craftsmen, but they dealt with it in faith, showing their devotion, because they had so much fervor in religion that no one doubted but that they handled the Lord's money without suspicion of any fraud, and that they faithfully offered it, taken from the treasury, to the workmen for repairing the house, as each had need.
— Bede, Questions on the Book of Kings #20

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Dictionary and topics

Faithfulness · Exhibited in: Situations of trust — Exhibited in: Situations of trust
Honesty · .The overseers of the temple repairs — .The overseers of the temple repairs
Jehoiada · .Directs the repairs of the temple — .Directs the repairs of the temple
Joash · .Repaired the temple — .Repaired the temple
Money · Silver used as — Silver used as

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Kings 12:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 12:4-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 12:13

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 12:15

John Gill on 2 Kings 12:15

Keil & Delitzsch

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

2 Kings 12:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 12:4-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 12:13

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 12:15

John Gill on 2 Kings 12:15

Keil & Delitzsch

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 12:9-11

Rashi on 2 Kings 12:14