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.
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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.
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And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:
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And they delivered it into the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD; and the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD gave it to mend and repair the house;
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 34:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Kings 12:11-12 They gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of those who did the work, who had the oversight of Yahweh’s house; and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders, who worked on Yahweh’s house, and to the masons and the stone cutters, and for buying timber and cut stone to repair the damage to Yahweh’s house, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
- 2 Kings 12:14 for they gave that to those who did the work, and repaired Yahweh’s house with it.
- 2 Kings 22:5-6 Let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of Yahweh’s house; and let them give it to the workmen who are in Yahweh’s house, to repair the damage to the house, to the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and cut stone to repair the house.
- Ezra 3:7 They also gave money to the masons, and to the carpenters. They also gave food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from Cyrus King of Persia.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Meaning Shaphan, etc.
Meaning Shaphan, etc.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 34:10 And they put [it] in the hand…
2Ch 34:10 And they put [it] in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:
Ver. 10. And they put it in the hand.] See on 2Ki 22:5.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Even to the artificers and builders gave they it,....…
Even to the artificers and builders gave they it,.... To the masons and carpenters:
to buy hewn stone; to put in the room of that which was decayed or fallen down:
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and timber for couplings; of boards, beams, and rafters:
and to floor the houses; the chambers, the apartments in the temple, which belonged to the priests and Levites:
which the kings of Judah had destroyed; the idolatrous ones, who had let them go to decay and ruin, taking no care of them.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10. put it in] R.V. delivered it into.
10. put it in] R.V. delivered it into.
and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD] R.V. and the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD gave it. The “workmen” are distinguished from the “carpenters and builders” (2Ch_34:11); overseers of some kind are meant. To oversee the work and to do the work are used as synonymous phrases in 1Ch_23:4 and ibid. 1Ch_23:24.
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to repair and mend] R.V. to amend and repair. “To amend” is to fill up a breach.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (10) Put it in.—Gave it into.
(10) Put it in.—Gave it into.
The workmen.—The doers of the work, i.e., the overseers or contractors. See Note on 2Ch_24:12.
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And they gave it to the workmen . . . the house.—So LXX. and Syriac. The Hebrew text says, and the doers of the work who were working in thehouse of Jehovah gave it for restoring and repairing the house. To whom the masters gave it is stated in next verse.
To repair.—Libdôq, here only. The term is so used in Syriac. The original form of the verse is 2Ki_22:5, where “the doers of the work” are first the masters, and then the men.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And they put it; i.e. Shaphan and colleagues, according…
And they put it; i.e. Shaphan and colleagues, according to the parallel.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 They entrusted
They entrusted
The word "they" refers to the men that Josiah had sent to Hilkiah the high priest. They first gave the money to him and then he distributed it to the men who supervised the building. AT: "Then Hilkiah entrusted" (See: Metonymy)
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the money
This refers to some on the money that was entrusted to Hilkiah. AT: "some of the money" (See: Synecdoche)
carpenters
workers who build with wood
braces
pieces used to connect large beams
had let fall apart
"had allowed to rot"
translationWords
works
temple
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