2 Kings 12:11

Then they would put the counted money into the hands of those who supervised the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn would pay those doing the work—the carpenters, builders,

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The narrative recounts a procedural step during King Joash’s temple restoration, occurring immediately after the royal scribe and high priest counted the funds in the chest. It describes the administrative transfer of those resources to the project’s overseers.

The words — The text uses וְנָתְנוּ (ve-natnu, “and they put”) and הַמְתֻכָּן (ha-metukan, “the weighed out”) to describe the silver. The literal action records the counted money being placed into the hands of the work supervisors.

The thread — This handover procedure appears in 2 Kings 22:5 during Josiah’s temple reforms and runs parallel to the same restoration event in 2 Chronicles 24:11. The parallel account in 2 Chronicles 24:11 focuses on the chest’s removal and counting rather than the distribution of funds.

Why it lands — The text requires readers to note the documented chain of custody before the supervisors disburse the silver to carpenters, builders, and other trades. It establishes that sacred repair work operated through verified accounting and direct payment to laborers.

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The Hebrew words

וְנָתְנוּ֙ve./na.te.Nuand/ they put אֶת־'et-<obj.>הַכֶּ֣סֶףha./Ke.sefthe/ money הַֽמְתֻכָּ֔ןha/m.tu.Kan<the>/ weighed out עַל־'al-on יְדֵי֙yad[the] hands of עֹשֵׂ֣י'o.Sei[the] doers of הַמְּלָאכָ֔הha./me.la.Khahthe/ work הַמֻּפְקָדִ֖יםha./pe.ku.dimwho/ were appointed בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house of יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahweh וַיּוֹצִיאֻ֜הוּva/i.yo.tzi.'U./huand/ they brought out/ it לְחָרָשֵׁ֤יle./cha.ra.Sheito/ [the] craftsmen of הָעֵץ֙ha./'Etz<the>/ wood וְלַבֹּנִ֔יםve./la./bo.Nimand/ to the/ builders הָעֹשִׂ֖יםha./'o.Simwho/ were working on בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house of יְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehYahweh

King James Version

And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the Lord: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the Lord,

Cross-references

2 Kings 22:5 And let them deliver it into the hands of the supervisors of those doing the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn are to give it to the workmen repairing the damages to the house of the LORD—
2 Chronicles 24:11 Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this daily and gathered the money in abundance.
2 Chronicles 34:9 So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites who guarded the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, from all Judah and Benjamin, and from the people of Jerusalem.