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2 Kings 12:15
No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay the workmen, because they acted with integrity.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The biblical narrator records the administrative details of King Joash’s temple restoration, noting that officials handling repair funds operated without mandatory audits. This moment occurs during the financial oversight of the temple’s structural repairs.
The words — The Hebrew verb יְחַשְּׁב֣וּ (yeḥaššuḇû) literally means “they settled accounts” or “they made a reckoning.” Combined with the negative לֹ֧א (lōʾ), it establishes that no financial audit was demanded from the men who received the silver.
The thread — This trust-based financial practice reappears in 2 Kings 22:7 during Josiah’s reforms and aligns with the faithful oversight noted in 2 Chronicles 34:12. The same principle of appointing reliable stewards surfaces in Nehemiah 7:2.
Why it lands — The text states that no accounting was required because the workers acted with integrity. This demands that readers manage entrusted resources through personal accountability rather than relying solely on external oversight.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 22:7 But they need not account for the money put into their hands, since they work with integrity.”
- 2 Chronicles 34:12 And the men did the work faithfully. The Levites overseeing them were Jahath and Obadiah, descendants of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, descendants of Kohath. Other Levites, all skilled with musical instruments,
- Nehemiah 7:2 Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.
- Matthew 24:45 Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time?
- Luke 16:1 Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.
- Luke 16:10 Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
- 1 Corinthians 4:2 Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
- 3 John 1:5 Beloved, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, and especially since they are strangers to you.