13. The money brought to the Temple was not used for making silver bowls, lamp snuffers, basins, trumpets, or other articles of gold or silver for the Temple of the lord.
14. It was paid to the workmen, who used it for the Temple repairs.
15. No accounting of this money was required from the construction supervisors, because they were honest and trustworthy men.
16. However, the money that was contributed for guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the lord’s Temple. It was given to the priests for their own use.
17. About this time King Hazael of Aram went to war against Gath and captured it. Then he turned to attack Jerusalem.