2 Kings 12:16

16 The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings^[a] was not brought into the temple of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.

2 Kings 12:16 in Other Translations

16 The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests'.

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

16 However, the money that was contributed for guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the LORD ’s Temple. It was given to the priests for their own use.

16 Offerings designated for Compensation Offerings and Absolution Offerings didn't go into the building project - those went directly to the priests.

16 The money from the restitution offering and the sin offering was not brought to the Lord's temple since 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 it was paid to the workers, who used it to repair the temple.

15 They did not require an accounting from those to whom they gave the money to pay the workers, because they acted with complete honesty.

16 The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the temple of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.

17 About this time Hazael king of Aram went up and attacked Gath and captured it. Then he turned to attack Jerusalem.

18 But Joash king of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his predecessors—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—and the gifts he himself had dedicated and all the gold found in the treasuries of the temple of the LORD and of the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram, who then withdrew from Jerusalem.

Cross References

• 1. Leviticus 5:14-19; Numbers 18:9
• 2. Leviticus 4:1-35
• 3. S Leviticus 7:7

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "purification offerings"