2 Raja-raja 12:8

12:8 The priests agreed ¹  not to collect silver from the people and relieved themselves of personal responsibility for the temple repairs. ² 

2 Raja-raja 12:15-17

12:15 They did not audit the treasurers who disbursed ³  the funds to the foremen, for they were honest. ⁴  12:16 (The silver collected in conjunction with reparation offerings and sin offerings was not brought to the Lord’s temple; it belonged to the priests.)

12:17 At that time King Hazael of Syria attacked ⁵  Gath and captured it. Hazael then decided to attack Jerusalem. ⁶ 

[12:8]  ¹ tn Outside of this passage the verb אוּת (’ut) appears only in Gen 34:15-22.

[12:8]  ² tn Heb “and not to repair the damages to the temple.” This does not mean that the priests were no longer interested in repairing the temple. As the following context makes clear, the priests decided to hire skilled workers to repair the damage to the temple, rather than trying to make the repairs themselves.

[12:15]  ³ tn Heb “gave.”

[12:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “and they did not conduct a reckoning of the men who gave the silver into their hand to give to the doers of the work, for in honesty they were working.”

[12:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “went up and fought against.”

[12:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “Hazael set his face to go up against Jerusalem.”