2 Kings 22:7
Good News Translation
The men in charge of the work are thoroughly honest, so there is no need to require them to account for the funds."

New Revised Standard Version
But no accounting shall be asked from them for the money that is delivered into their hand, for they deal honestly.”

Contemporary English Version
They are honest, so we won't ask them to keep track of the money.

New American Bible
No reckoning shall be asked of them regarding the funds provided to them, because they hold positions of trust.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
But let there be no reckoning made with them of the money which they receive, but let them have it in their power, and in their trust.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But let there be no reckoning made with them of the money which they receive, but let them have it in their power, and in their trust.

Howbeit.

2 Kings 12:15 And they reckoned not with the men that received the money to distribute it to the workmen, but they bestowed it faithfully.

2 Chronicles 24:14 And when they had finished all the works, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Joiada: and with it were made vessels for the temple for the ministry, and for holocausts and bowls, and other vessels of gold and silver: and holocausts were offered in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Joiada.

they dealt faithfully.

Exodus 36:5,6 Said to Moses: The people offereth more than is necessary. . . .

Nehemiah 7:2 I commanded Hanani my brother, and Hananias ruler of the house of Jerusalem, (for he seemed as a sincere man, and one that feared God above the rest,)

Proverbs 28:20 A faithful man shall be much praised: but he that maketh haste to be rich, shall not be innocent.

Luke 16:10-12 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in that which is greater: and he that is unjust in that which is little is unjust also in that which is greater. . . .

1 Corinthians 4:2 Here now it is required among the dispensers that a man be found faithful.

2 Corinthians 8:20,21 Avoiding this, lest any man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us. . . .

2 Timothy 2:2 And the things which thou hast heard of me by many witnesses, the same commend to faithful men who shall be fit to teach others also.

3 John 1:5 Dearly beloved, thou dost faithfully whatever thou dost for the brethren: and that for strangers,

Context
Funding the Temple Repairs
6That is, to carpenters and masons, and to such as mend breaches: and that timber may be bought, and stones out of the quarries, to repair the temple of the Lord. 7But let there be no reckoning made with them of the money which they receive, but let them have it in their power, and in their trust.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:2
Here now it is required among the dispensers that a man be found faithful.

2 Kings 12:15
And they reckoned not with the men that received the money to distribute it to the workmen, but they bestowed it faithfully.

2 Kings 22:6
That is, to carpenters and masons, and to such as mend breaches: and that timber may be bought, and stones out of the quarries, to repair the temple of the Lord.

2 Kings 22:6
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