to the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and cut stone to repair the house.
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to the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and cut stone to repair the house.
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Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
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unto the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons; and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.' —
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 22:6 Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and…
2Ki 22:6 Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
Ver. 6. To buy timber and hewn stone.] For the very stone walls also temporis iniuria et hominum incuria were much decayed.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Either hewed or cut out of the quarries, or…
Either hewed or cut out of the quarries, or to be hewed and fitted to the building.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons,.... Who were employed,…
Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons,.... Who were employed, some in mending the woodwork, and others in repairing the stone walls
and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house; not only money was to be given them for their workmanship, but to buy timber and stone to work with.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 6. unto [R.V. adds the] carpenters, and [R.V. to…
6. unto [R.V. adds the] carpenters, and [R.V. to the] builders, and [R.V. to the] masons] All the words are definite in the original.
and to buy [R.V. for buying] timber] The contractors had to provide both materials and labour from the money which was put at their disposal, and they were apparently persons who could be trusted to make the best possible provision without oversight.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy…
Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber, and hewn stone to repair the house. (comp. 2Ch_34:11) The money had to be expended, partly in labor, partly in materials. The materials consisted of both wood and stone, since it was of these that Solomon"s temple had been built. (see 1Ki_5:18 1Ki_6:7, 1Ki_6:9, 1Ki_6:10, 1Ki_6:15, 1Ki_6:36)
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
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The message from King Josiah to Hilkiah, the high priest, continues.
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Let them give money ... was given to them ... because they handled
Here "them" and "they" refer to the workmen who are in charge of the house of Yahweh in 2 Kings 22:5.
the carpenters, the builders, and the masons
These are the same as the workmen who are in the house of Yahweh in 2 Kings 22:5. Here the workers are described in more detail.
carpenters
workers who build with wood
masons
workers who build with stone
no accounting was required for the money that was given to them
This can be stated in active form. AT: "the workmen who were in charge did not have to report how they used the money that the temple guards gave them" (See: Active or Passive)
because they handled it faithfully
"because they used the money honestly"
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faithful
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