Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Adam Clarke
They reckoned not with the men - They placed great confidence in them, and were not disappointed, for they dealt faithfully.
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…
Cambridge Bible
the men into whose hand they delivered This must refer to certain treasurers into whose care each new chest full of offerings was entrusted. These were selected at first as being men who were sure to…
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