2 Kings 12:16

16 Now as for the money for compensation and purification offerings, it wasn't brought to the LORD's temple. It belonged to the priests.

2 Kings 12:16 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 12:16

The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the
house of the Lord
Which was the money persons at a distance sent for their trespass and sin offerings instead of cattle, with which the sacrifices were bought; and what remained of the money was not brought into the temple, and made use of in the above manner:

it was the priest's;
the overplus of it, and such of the sacrifices which by the law were appropriated to them.

2 Kings 12:16 In-Context

14 Instead, it was given directly to those who did the repair work; they used it to repair the LORD's temple.

15 There was no need to check on those who received the money and paid the workers, because they acted honestly.

16 Now as for the money for compensation and purification offerings, it wasn't brought to the LORD's temple. It belonged to the priests.

17 About this same time, Aram's King Hazael came up, attacked Gath, and captured it. Next Hazael decided to march against Jerusalem.

18 Judah's King Jehoash took all the holy objects that had been dedicated by his ancestors–Judah's kings Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah—along with the holy objects he himself had dedicated, as well as all the gold in the treasure rooms of the LORD's temple and the palace, and he sent them to Aram's King Hazael. Hazael then pulled back from Jerusalem.