2 Kings 12:11-12

12:11 They would then hand over¹ the silver that had been weighed to the construction foremen² assigned to the Lord’s temple. They hired carpenters and builders to work on the Lord’s temple, 12:12 as well as masons and stonecutters. They bought wood and chiseled stone to repair the damage to the Lord’s temple and also paid for all the other expenses.³

2 Kings 22:5-6

22:5 Have them hand it over to the construction foremen⁴ assigned to the Lord’s temple. They in turn should pay the temple workers to repair it,⁵ 22:6 including craftsmen, builders, and masons, and should buy wood and chiseled stone for the repair work.⁶

2 Kings 22:2

22:2 He did what the Lord approved⁷ and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps;⁸ he did not deviate to the right or the left.

2 Kings 24:12-13

24:12 King Jehoiachin of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his officials, and his eunuchs surrendered⁹ to the king of Babylon. The king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign,¹⁰ took Jehoiachin¹¹ prisoner. 24:13 Nebuchadnezzar¹² took from there all the riches in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace. He removed all the gold items which King Solomon of Israel had made for the Lord’s temple, just as the Lord had warned.

¹tn Heb “would give.”

²tn Heb “doers of the work.”

³tn Heb “and for all that which was going out concerning the house for repair.”

⁵tn Heb “doers of the work.”

⁶tn Heb “and let them give it to the doers of the work who are in the house of the Lord to repair the damages to the house.”

⁷tn Heb “and to buy wood and chiseled stone to repair the house.”

⁹tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord.”

¹⁰tn Heb “and walked in all the way of David his father.”

¹¹tn Heb “came out.”

¹²sn That is, the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, 597 b.c.

¹³tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jehoiachin) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹³tn Heb “he”; the referent (Nebuchadnezzar) has been specified in the translation for clarity.