What Does 2 Kings 12:15 Mean in the King James?
Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The money needs no reckoning because the men entrusted with it prove steady enough to trust.
THE MEANING
Shared resources can reach their purpose when the people entrusted with them act reliably. The verse describes trust made tangible in faithful work, so the stewards are not repeatedly called to account.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the assumption that entrusted stewardship is reliable only when every transaction is continually checked.
THE ROOT
בֶּאֱמוּנָה
beʾemunah
GROWS FROM
אמן
To be firm, reliable, or trustworthy; to support and trust.
“faithfully” in this verse is beʾemunah. The verse describes more than a favorable reputation: these men are steady enough to bear responsibility. Their conduct gives others something they can lean their full weight on, which is the root-level connection between trust and faithfulness.
ALSO GROWS
neʾeman: Reliable, trustworthy.
נֶאֱמָן
This branch names the dependable character that makes their handling of the money trustworthy.
ʾamen: Amen; truly, firmly.
אָמֵן
The affirmation rests on what is firm and reliable, echoing the steadiness shown in their work.
יְחַשְׁבוּ
yeḥashevu
GROWS FROM
חשב
To count, reckon, think, or devise.
“reckoned” in this verse is yeḥashevu. The verse places accounting beside trust: no reckoning is demanded because the stewards’ conduct has shown itself reliable. The contrast makes the absence of calculation part of the picture, not a dismissal of the responsibility they carry.
ALSO GROWS
ḥeshbon: An account or calculation.
חֶשְׁבּוֹן
This branch makes the sense of reckoning concrete: the stewards are not asked to account for each handoff.
maḥashavah: A thought or plan.
מַחֲשָׁבָה
The root also reaches into thought and planning, linking careful intention with the dependable handling of entrusted work.
THE PATTERN
Demonstrated reliability makes entrusted responsibility dependable.
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.THE THREAD
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.The same Hebrew root, אמן (ʾ-m-n; firmness and trust), underlies “faithfully” here and “faith” in Habakkuk. One verse shows trust in the hands entrusted with shared money; the other names it as the ground by which the just live.
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