2 Raja-raja 12:8

12:8 The priests agreed ¹  not to collect silver from the people and relieved themselves of personal responsibility for the temple repairs. ² 

2 Raja-raja 12:12

12:12 as well as masons and stonecutters. They bought wood and chiseled stone to repair the damage to the Lord’s temple and also paid for all the other expenses. ³ 

2 Raja-raja 22:5

22:5 Have them hand it over to the construction foremen ⁴  assigned to the Lord’s temple. They in turn should pay the temple workers to repair it, ⁵ 

[12:8]  ¹ tn Outside of this passage the verb אוּת (’ut) appears only in Gen 34:15-22.

[12:8]  ² tn Heb “and not to repair the damages to the temple.” This does not mean that the priests were no longer interested in repairing the temple. As the following context makes clear, the priests decided to hire skilled workers to repair the damage to the temple, rather than trying to make the repairs themselves.

[12:12]  ³ tn Heb “and for all that which was going out concerning the house for repair.”

[22:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “doers of the work.”

[22:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “and let them give it to the doers of the work who are in the house of the Lord to repair the damages to the house.”