14. Instead, the money was given to the workmen, and they used it to repair the temple.
15. They didn’t require the men who were entrusted with the money for the workers to give an account, because they were honest people.
16. The money from the guilt offerings and the offerings for sin was not brought into the Lord’s temple. It belonged to the priests.
17. At this time King Hazael of Aram fought against Gath and conquered it. He was also determined to attack Jerusalem.