But they gave that to the workmen All the money collected was employed to pay the masons, carpenters, and such like workmen, for repairing the temple alone, till the work was finished; and then the overseers gave an account of what money remained in their hands, which was expended in purchasing such vessels as are before mentioned, for the service of the temple, 2 Chronicles 24:14. Moreover, they reckoned not with the men They were so confident of the honesty of the overseers, that they took no account of the money which they had paid to the workmen. For they dealt faithfully They perceived, by many experiments, that they were faithful. This was a rare example of fidelity in managing the public money.
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2 Kings 12:14-15
14 But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.
15 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.