2 Kings 12:13

13 The money brought to the Temple was not used for making silver bowls, lamp snuffers, basins, trumpets, or other articles of gold or silver for the Temple of the LORD .

2 Kings 12:13 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 12:13

Howbeit there were not made for the house of the Lord, bowls
of silver
Either to hold the blood of the sacrifices, or the drink offerings of wine:

snuffers;
to trim the lamps; or, as Jarchi and other writers, both Jewish and Christian, musical instruments:

basins;
vessels to sprinkle the blood with, as the word signifies:

trumpets;
silver ones, to call the assembly, blow over the sacrifices, &c.

any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver;
for any other use: these were not made

of the money that was brought into the house of the Lord;
yet, in ( 2 Chronicles 24:14 ) , it is said they were, which is to be reconciled thus; they did not make any of those things at first, until the house was repaired, and the charges of it defrayed; and then of what remained they made vessels for the house, which were wanting, that Athaliah had bestowed on Baalim, ( 2 Chronicles 24:7 ) .

2 Kings 12:13 In-Context

11 Then they gave the money to the construction supervisors, who used it to pay the people working on the LORD ’s Temple—the carpenters, the builders,

12 the masons, and the stonecutters. They also used the money to buy the timber and the finished stone needed for repairing the LORD ’s Temple, and they paid any other expenses related to the Temple’s restoration.

13 The money brought to the Temple was not used for making silver bowls, lamp snuffers, basins, trumpets, or other articles of gold or silver for the Temple of the LORD .

14 It was paid to the workmen, who used it for the Temple repairs.

15 No accounting of this money was required from the construction supervisors, because they were honest and trustworthy men.