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2 Kings 12:13

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However, the money brought into the house of the LORD was not used for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver for the house of the LORD.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

But there were not made for the house of Jehovah cups of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of Jehovah;

KJV

Howbeit there were not made for the house of the Lord bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the Lord:

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This verse in 2 Kings 12

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
Comparing this verse with the marginal reference, it will be seen that the author of Kings desires to point out, that the repairs were not delayed by any deductions from the money that flowed in. The writer of Chronicles describes what became of the surplus in the chest after the last repairs were completed. The need of supplying fresh bowls, snuffers, etc., arose from the pollution of those previously used in the temple service by their application to the Baal worship during the reigns of Ahaziah and Athaliah (see 2Ch 24:7).

This site's exposition

bowls of silver, snuffers, basons

on 2 Kings 12:13-14

No bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, or any vessel of gold or silver came out of this money, the very furniture that filled Solomon's temple in chapter 7 left unmade here. Every shekel went to the workmen and to the house itself, repair before adornment, until the walls stood before any vessel was replaced. The distinction is the chapter's own, drawn without a word on which use would have served better.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), whence we may learn, in all our expenses to give that the preference which is most needful, and, in dealing for the public, to deal as we would for ourselves.

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Howbeit there were not made for the house of the Lord, bowls of silver,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Howbeit there were not made . . . bowls, &c.--When the repairs of the temple had been completed, the surplus was appropriated to the purchase of the temple furniture.

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Howbeit there were not made - bowls, etc. - That is, there were no vessels made for the service of the temple till all the outward repairs were completed; but after this was done, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels of gold and silver; 2Ch 24:14.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

And the masons. The builders of the wall, the architects’ apprentices.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Kings 12:13:1, via Sefaria, The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J
2 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
They gave the counted money. They would give the counted money, i.e., after it was taken out of the chest and weighed.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Kings 12:12:1, via Sefaria, The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J
Silver pitchers, musical instruments. They are musical instruments. 12 Although Scripture in II Divrei Hayomim:14 indicates that they used this money for making ministering vessels, the Gemara in Maseches Kesubos 106b explains that the primary purpose of this money was for repairs.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Kings 12:14:1, via Sefaria, The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

20 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • אַךְ֩only

    ʾakhH389 →161 times

  • לֹ֨אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • יֵעָשֶׂ֜הit was made

    yeasehH6213 →2628 times

  • בֵּ֣ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • יְהוָ֗הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • סִפּ֥וֹתbasins of

    sipotH5592 →32 times

  • כֶּ֙סֶף֙silver

    kesefH3701 →403 times

  • מְזַמְּר֤וֹתsnuffers

    mezamerotH4212 →

  • מִזְרָקוֹת֙bowls

    mizrakotH4219 →

  • חֲצֹ֣צְר֔וֹתtrumpets

    chatzotzerotH2689 →29 times

  • כָּל־any

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • כְּלִ֥יarticle of

    keliH3627 →325 times

  • זָהָ֖בgold

    zahavH2091 →389 times

  • וּכְלִי־and article of

    ukheli-H3627 →325 times

  • כָ֑סֶףsilver

    khasefH3701 →403 times

  • מִן־from

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַכֶּ֖סֶףthe money

    hakesefH3701 →403 times

  • הַמּוּבָ֥אwhich was brought

    hamuva'H935 →2568 times

  • בֵית־[the] house of

    veit-H1004 →2046 times

  • יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

8 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Chronicles 24:14When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada to make with it the articles for the house of the LORD—utensils for the service and for the burnt offerings, dishes, and other objects of gold and silver. Throughout the days of Jehoiada, burnt offerings were presented regularly in the house of the LORD.5 works1 Kings 7:48–50Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;3 worksNumbers 7:13–14His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;2 worksEzra 1:9–11This was the inventory: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 silver utensils,2 worksNumbers 10:2“Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out.2 works2 Chronicles 4:22the wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers of purest gold; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place as well as the doors of the main hall.2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
Exodus 25:38The wick trimmers and their trays must be of pure gold.2 worksExodus 37:16He also made the utensils for the table out of pure gold: its plates and dishes, as well as its bowls and pitchers for pouring drink offerings.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Numbers 10:2

    “Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 1:13

      Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me— your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations. I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.

    • Joel 1:14

      Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.

    • Psalms 81:3

      Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.

    • Hosea 8:1

      Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.

    • Exodus 25:18

      Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 24:14

    When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada to make with it the articles for the house of the LORD—utensils for the service and for the…

    it leads to

    • Exodus 29:38–42

      This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar, each day: two lambs that are a year old.

    • 1 Kings 7:50

      the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place) as well as for the doors…

    • 2 Kings 12:13–14

      However, the money brought into the house of the LORD was not used for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver for the house of the…

About 2 Kings

Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
2 Kings: the study guide →Read 2 Kings 12 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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