11 Then they would put the counted money into the hands of those doing the work — those who oversaw the Lord’s temple. They in turn would pay it out to those working on the Lord’s temple — the carpenters, the builders,
12 the masons, and the stonecutters — and would use it to buy timber and quarried stone to repair the damage to the Lord’s temple and for all spending for temple repairs.
13 However, no silver bowls, wick trimmers, sprinkling basins, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver were made for the Lord’s temple from the money brought into the temple.
14 Instead, it was given to those doing the work, and they repaired the Lord’s temple with it.
15 No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay those doing the work, since they worked with integrity.
16 The money from the restitution offering and the sin offering was not brought to the Lord’s temple since it belonged to the priests.
17 At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he planned to attack Jerusalem.