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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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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Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
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even to the carpenters and to the builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 34:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 33:4-7 He built altars in Yahweh’s house, of which Yahweh said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.” He built altars for all the army of the sky in the two courts of Yahweh’s house. He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits and with wizards. He did much evil in Yahweh’s sight, to provoke him to anger. He set the engraved image of the idol, which he had made, in God’s house, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever.
- 2 Chronicles 33:22 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, as did Manasseh his father; and Amon sacrificed to all the engraved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain For there were many portions and pieces annexed to…
For there were many portions and pieces annexed to the Temple.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 34:11 Even to the artificers and builders gave…
2Ch 34:11 Even to the artificers and builders gave they [it], to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
Ver. 11. Even to the artificeres, &c.] See on 2Ki 22:6.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain To floor the houses, i.e. the chambers joining on…
To floor the houses, i.e. the chambers joining on the temple, or within the courts.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the men did that work faithfully,.... The labouring…
And the men did that work faithfully,.... The labouring men, as also their inspectors, see Kg2 22:7.
and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; the third son of Levi:
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and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites; who had their name from Kohath, the second son of Levi:
to set it forward; to urge and animate the men to their work, to keep them constant to it, and see that they did it well:
and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of music; these, when they were not employed in singing in the temple, attended this service, to look after the workmen at the repairs of it; and perhaps they might play, as some think, on their instruments of music, while the men were at work, that they might go on in it the more pleasantly and cheerfully.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Houses - The chambers joining to the temple.
Houses - The chambers joining to the temple.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The “houses” intended are either the “chambers” which surrounded…
The “houses” intended are either the “chambers” which surrounded the temple on three sides 1Ki 6:5, or out-buildings attached to the courts. The “kings of Judah” intended are, no doubt, Manasseh and Amon.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Houses, or apartments of the temple, which were gone…
Houses, or apartments of the temple, which were gone to decay. H.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 11. To floor — Margin, to rafter. Gesenius, to…
11. To floor — Margin, to rafter. Gesenius, to furnish with beams. Furst, to build up. Our version, to floor, probably expresses the sense as nearly as any. The houses which the kings of Judah (Amon and Manasseh) had destroyed are to be understood of the houses and chambers of the priests in the temple and its courts.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. to the artificers and builders] R.V. to the…
11. to the artificers and builders] R.V. to the carpenters and to the builders.
to floor] R.V. to make beams for.
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the houses] Cp. 1Ch_28:11.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (11) Even to . . . builders.—And they gave…
(11) Even to . . . builders.—And they gave it to the craftsmen and to the builders.
For couplings.—For the couplings or girders; an explanation added by the chronicler.
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And to floor . . . destroyed.—Kings, “to repair the house.” The reference to the defacement of the Temple buildings by idolatrous kings may be compared with the similar notice concerning Athaliah’s sons, 2Ch_24:7, and Ahaz, 2Ch_28:24. Perhaps, however, the expression “destroyed” does not mean more than “allowed to go to ruin.”
To floor.—To rafter, or joist. (See margin.)
The houses.—The chambers.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The exact work done we are unable to follow…
The exact work done we are unable to follow with precision. The parallel describes it, in more general terms, as "repairing the breaches." The repairs here spoken of, however, betoken, to say the least the rough usage, as well as "negligence," of kings like Manasseh and Amen, and suggest a further question as to the nature of those heathen and idolatrous practices, which cost so much to the very structure of temple and houses, i.e. probably the contiguous chambers of the main building, (1Ki_6:5) the exact style of which, however, is very doubtful.
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