And they did not ask for an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to pay out to the workmen, for they dealt honestly.
We have here an account of the repairing of the temple in the reign of Joash. I. It seems, the temple had gone out of repair. Though Solomon built it very strong, of the best materials and in the best manner, yet in time it went to decay, and there were breaches found in it (Kg2 12:5), in the roofs, or walls, or floors, the...
Commenting on 2 Kings 12:4-16
And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated,.... To sacred uses, and had laid up in the temple: and his own hallowed things: which he had devoted to the same uses: and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord: which were gifts...
They reckoned not with the men - They placed great confidence in them, and were not disappointed, for they dealt faithfully.