7Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.
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Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.
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. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)Concerning Josiah we are here told, I. That he was very young when he began to reign (2 Kgs. 22:1), only eight years old. Solomon says, Woe unto thee, O land! when thy king is a child ; but happy art thou, O land! when thy king is such a child. Our English Israel had once a king that was such a child, Edward VI. Josiah, being young, had not received any bad impressions from the example of his fath…
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