'Paid' in the Bible

They placed the money, [which was] weighed out, into the hands of the workers who were appointed over the temple of Yahweh, and they paid [it to] the skilled craftsmen of wood and [to] the builders working on the temple of Yahweh

Shalmaneser the king of Assyria came up against him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid tribute to him.