So the workmen worked, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands. They set up God’s house as it was designed, and strengthened it.
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So the workmen worked, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands. They set up God’s house as it was designed, and strengthened it.
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So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.
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So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set up the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 24:13 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 22:5 David said, “Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for Yahweh must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries. I will therefore make preparation for it.” So David prepared abundantly before his death.
- Nehemiah 4:7 But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be filled, they were very angry;
- Haggai 2:3 ‘Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How do you see it now? Isn’t it in your eyes as nothing?
- Mark 13:1-2 As he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings!” Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone on another, which will not be thrown down.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, a medicine was upon the work, meaning it…
Hebrew, a medicine was upon the work, meaning it was repaired.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 24:13 So the workmen wrought, and the work…
2Ch 24:13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.
Ver. 13. And the work was perfected by them.] Heb., The healing went up upon the work. Metaphora tracta a corporibus quae medicina curantur: so the sun is said in spring to "heal" those deformities that winter had brought upon the earth. {Mal 4:2}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days…
But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died,.... A very old man; few at this time arrived to such an age; he was a rare instance:
One hundred and thirty years old was he when he died; the oldest man we read of from the times of Moses, and older than he by ten years.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain They set the house of God in his state…
They set the house of God in his state - Some prefer, “they set up the house of God in its (old) measure” or “proportions.”
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 13. they set] R.V. they set up.
13. they set] R.V. they set up.
in its state] i.e. according to its former state.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (13) So the workmen wrought.—Literally, And the makers of…
(13) So the workmen wrought.—Literally, And the makers of the work made.
And the work was perfected by them.—Literally, and a bandage was applied to the work by their hand. This curious metaphor, expressive of restoration, is used again in a similar way in Neh_4:1, “a bandage was applied to the walls of Jerusalem.” Jeremiah had used it before (Jer_8:22; Jer_30:17; comp. also Isa_58:8) of the national restoration.
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And they set the house of God in his state.—Rather, and they made the house of God to stand according to the measure thereof, i.e., in its original proportions. (Comp. Exo_30:32 : màthkoneth, “measure,” “proportion.”) This verse is not read in Kings.
Before the king and Jehoiada.—The expression appears to be characteristic of the present account. (Comp. Note on 2Ch_24:11.)
(13, 14) The writer concludes in his own fashion, freely modifying the older account to suit the needs of his contemporaries. (The Syriac and Arabic versions omit both verses.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The work was perfected by their hands. The margin…
The work was perfected by their hands. The margin gives the literal rendering, "healing" or health, or, i.e., recovery, "went up upon the work." The lively figure of the Hebrew word used (hkWra) is very intelligible. The term is employed in only five other places, viz.; Neh_4:7 (Authorized Version, "The walls were made up; " Revised Version better, The repairing of the walls went forward) Isa_58:8; Kutm Jer_8:22 Jer_30:17 Jer_33:6; in each of which four instances, in both Authorized Version and Revised Version, the literal rendering health" or healing" is found. In his state; equivalent to in its stateliness, perhaps the idea of the Hebrew word wOHn only used four other times, and then rendered once "tale", (Exo_5:8) twice "composition", (2Ch 30:32, 2Ch 30:37) once "measure", (Eze_45:11) being measure, or proportion, or rate.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 went forward in their hands
went forward in their hands
Here the word "forward" represents progress, and the word "hands" represents their control. AT: "made progress under their supervision" (See: Metonymy)
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the rest of the money
This is money that was collected in the chest but not needed for repairs.
furnishings
This refers to the "utensils" and "spoons" listed later in the verse.
for all the days of Jehoiada
This idiom refers to the lifespan of Jehoiada. AT: "for as long as Jehoiada lived" or "throughout the lifetime of Jehoiada" (See: Idiom)
translationWords
labor
house of God
servant
sacrifice
gold
silver
burnt offering
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