2 Kings 11:13

11:13 When Athaliah heard the royal guard ¹  shout, she joined the crowd ²  at the Lord’s temple.

2 Kings 12:5

12:5 The priests should receive the silver they need from the treasurers and repair any damage to the temple they discover.” ³ 

2 Kings 12:8

12:8 The priests agreed ⁴  not to collect silver from the people and relieved themselves of personal responsibility for the temple repairs. ⁵ 

2 Kings 12:14

12:14 It was handed over ⁶  to the foremen who used it to repair the Lord’s temple.

2 Kings 18:15

18:15 Hezekiah gave him all the silver in ⁷  the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace.

2 Kings 19:1

19:1 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the Lord’s temple.

2 Kings 21:4-5

21:4 He built altars in the Lord’s temple, about which the Lord had said, “Jerusalem will be my home.” ⁸  21:5 In the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky.

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¹ tc The MT reads, “and Athaliah heard the sound of the runners, the people.” The term הָעָם (ha’am), “the people,” is probably a scribal addition anticipating the reference to the people later in the verse and in v. 14.

² tn Heb “she came to the people.”

³ tn Heb “Let the priests take for themselves, each from his treasurer, and let them repair the damage of the temple, with respect to all the damage that is found there.” The word מַכָּר (makar), translated here “treasurer,” occurs only in this passage. Some suggest it means “merchant” or “benefactor.” Its usage in Ugaritic texts, where it appears in a list of temple officials, suggests that it refers in this context to individuals who were in charge of disbursing temple funds.

⁴ tn Outside of this passage the verb אוּת (’ut) appears only in Gen 34:15-22.

⁵ 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.

⁶ tn Heb “was given.”

⁷ tn Heb “that was found.”

⁸ tn Heb “In Jerusalem I will place my name.”