2 Kings 12:15-16

15 Moreover, ¹they 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 ²money from the guilt offerings and ³the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; ⁴it was for the priests.

2 Kings 12:15-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 12

In this chapter some account is given of the reign of Jehoash, that it was long, and the beginning of it good, during the life of Jehoiada, 2Ki 12:1-3 how urgent he was to have the temple repaired, and what methods were taken for that purpose, 2Ki 12:4-16, how meanly, as well as impiously, he behaved, when the king of Syria was about to come up to Jerusalem and besiege it, 2Ki 12:17,18, and the chapter is closed with an account of his death, and the manner of it, 2Ki 12:19-21.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 22:7; 1 Corinthians 4:2; 2 Corinthians 8:20
• 2. Leviticus 5:15-18
• 3. Leviticus 4:24, 29
• 4. Leviticus 7:7; Numbers 18:19