11 After recording the exact amount, they would hand the silver over to the men in charge of the work in the Temple, and these would pay the carpenters, the builders,
12 the masons, and the stonecutters, buy the timber and the stones used in the repairs, and pay all other necessary expenses.
13 None of the money, however, was used to pay for making silver cups, bowls, trumpets, or tools for tending the lamps, or any other article of silver or of gold.
14 It was all used to pay the workers and to buy the materials used in the repairs.
15 The men in charge of the work were thoroughly honest, so there was no need to require them to account for the funds.
16 The money given for the repayment offerings and for the offerings for sin was not deposited in the box; it belonged to the priests.
17 At that time King Hazael of Syria attacked the city of Gath and conquered it; then he decided to attack Jerusalem.