John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 12:16
The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the Lord ,.... Which was the money persons at a distance sent for their trespass and sin offerings instead of cattle, with which the sacrifices were bought; and what remained of the money was not brought into the temple, and made use of in the above manner: it was the priest's ; the overplus of it, and such of the sacrifices which by the law were appropriated to them. read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 12:15
Moreover, they reckoned not with the men into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on the workmen ,.... That is, the king's secretary and the high priest, or his officer, never called to account the overseers of the workmen, to whom they committed the money to pay them with; never examined how they laid it out, and for what: for they dealt faithfully ; they saw they acted such an honest and upright part, and such an high opinion had they of them, that they never examined... read more