The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of Yahweh’s house. They hired masons and carpenters to restore Yahweh’s house, and also those who worked iron and bronze to repair Yahweh’s house.
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The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of Yahweh’s house. They hired masons and carpenters to restore Yahweh’s house, and also those who worked iron and bronze to repair Yahweh’s house.
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And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.
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And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD; and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to repair the house of the LORD.
Cross-references (2)
Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 24:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 5:15 Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains;
- 2 Chronicles 34:9-11 They came to Hilkiah the high priest, and delivered the money that was brought into God’s house, which the Levites, the keepers of the threshold, had gathered from the hands of Manasseh, Ephraim, of all the remnant of Israel, of all Judah and Benjamin, and of the inhabitants of Jerusalem. They delivered it into the hands of the workmen who had the oversight of Yahweh’s house; and the workmen who labored in Yahweh’s house gave it to mend and repair the house. They gave it to the carpenters and to the builders, to buy cut stone and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Signifying that this thing was done by advice and…
Signifying that this thing was done by advice and counsel, and not by any one man’s affection.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And when they had finished it,.... The repairs of…
And when they had finished it,.... The repairs of the house, all that were necessary:
they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada: that is, the overseers, when they had paid the workmen, brought what was left of the money collected to the king and the priest, to dispose of as they should think fit:
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whereof were made vessels for the house of the Lord; in the room of such that Athaliah and her sons had taken away, and converted to the use of Baal; for though it is said, Kg2 12:13, that none were made of this money, the meaning is, that none were made of it until the work was finished, and the workmen paid:
even vessels to minister and offer withal; which, according to Jarchi, were pestles and mortars to beat spices with; but Kimchi thinks they were small vessels with which they drew wine out of the bin for drink offerings: and spoons and vessels of gold and silver: see Kg2 12:13,
and they offered burnt offerings in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Jehoiada; the daily sacrifice, morning and evening.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. to repair] R.V. to restore (as 2Ch_24:4).
12. to repair] R.V. to restore (as 2Ch_24:4).
to mend] R.V. to repair.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) To such as did the work of the…
(12) To such as did the work of the service of the house of the Lord.—Heb., to the doer (‘ôséh) perhaps in a collective sense. Here, as in 1Ch_23:24, some MSS., and LXX., Syriac, and Vulgate, read the plural (‘ôsê). So also the Arabic and Targum here. Those who had charge of the building, probably certain Levitical “inspectors of works,” are meant. Vulg.: “Qui præërant operibus domus.” Comp. 2Ki_12:11 : “into the hand of the doers of the work, who were charged with the house of the Lord.”
And hired.—Rather, and they (i.e., the superintendents of works) were (from time to time) hiring masons (hewers) and carpenters. (See 1Ch_22:15.)
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To mend—i.e., to repair (2Ch_24:4).
The chronicler has abridged here considerably. (Comp. 2Ki_12:12.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Gave it to such as did the work of…
Gave it to such as did the work of the service; i.e. the persons responsible for the work, or "that had the oversight of it". (2Ki_12:11) Carpenters. It is preferable to render here literally workmen or workers. Probably this clause purports that those responsible, as above, hired masons and workmen. And also such as wrought. Supply the preposition found in the Hebrew text, "to" before "such," and render again the same word (yver; j;) literally, workers of iron and brass.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 24:12-14 The book of Kings indicates that the funds…
24:12-14 The book of Kings indicates that the funds collected for repairing the Temple were used only for wages (2 Kgs 12:13-14); Chronicles further explains that the funds were used for Temple artifacts only after the repairs were completed.
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