2 Kings 12:16

16 The ¹money from the guilt offerings and ²the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; ³it was for 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 for they gave that to those who did the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD .

15 Moreover, they did not require an accounting from the men into whose hand they gave the money to pay to those who did the work, for they dealt faithfully.

16 The money from the guilt offerings and the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD ; it was for the priests.

17 Then Hazael king of Aram went up and fought against Gath and captured it, and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

18 Jehoash king of Judah took all the sacred things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own sacred things and all the gold that was found among the treasuries of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent them to Hazael king of Aram. Then he went away from Jerusalem.

Cross References

• 1. Leviticus 5:15-18
• 2. Leviticus 4:24, 29
• 3. Leviticus 7:7; Numbers 18:19