2 Kings 12:11-12
Context12:11 They would then hand over 1 the silver that had been weighed to the construction foremen 2 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
Context22:5 Have them hand it over to the construction foremen 4 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
Context22:2 He did what the Lord approved 7 and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; 8 he did not deviate to the right or the left.
2 Kings 24:12-13
Context24:12 King Jehoiachin of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his officials, and his eunuchs surrendered 9 to the king of Babylon. The king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign, 10 took Jehoiachin 11 prisoner. 24:13 Nebuchadnezzar 12 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.
[12:11] 1 tn Heb “would give.”
[12:11] 2 tn Heb “doers of the work.”
[12:12] 3 tn Heb “and for all that which was going out concerning the house for repair.”
[22:5] 4 tn Heb “doers of the work.”
[22:5] 5 tn Heb “and let them give it to the doers of the work who are in the house of the
[22:6] 6 tn Heb “and to buy wood and chiseled stone to repair the house.”
[22:2] 7 tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the
[22:2] 8 tn Heb “and walked in all the way of David his father.”
[24:12] 10 sn That is, the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, 597
[24:12] 11 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jehoiachin) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[24:13] 12 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Nebuchadnezzar) has been specified in the translation for clarity.