2 Chronicles 34:11
in 2 Chronicles 34They also gave money to the carpenters and builders to buy dressed stone, as well as timbers for couplings and beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to deteriorate.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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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This verse in 2 Chronicles 34
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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.
This site's exposition
the supervisors of those doing the work
on 2 Chronicles 34:10-13
Chronicles gives the repair a staff list that Kings does not carry. Levites of Merari and Kohath oversee the work, and other Levites serve as musicians and as “secretaries, officers, and gatekeepers”. Albert Barnes notes that this is the first place the scribe names an office within the Levites.
This site's exposition
the kings of Judah had allowed to deteriorate
Albert Barnes explains the buildings as the side chambers built against the temple on three sides, 1 Kings 6:5, or outbuildings of the courts. He names the kings who let them decay as Manasseh and Amon. John Gill takes them as the rooms that belonged to the priests and Levites.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
6 ), for thence to the destruction of Jerusalem was just forty years. Josiah was sincere in what he did, but the generality of the people were averse to it and hankered after their idols still; so that the reformation, though well designed and well prosecuted by the prince, had little or no effect upon the people.
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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: 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.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
and wood for the couplings - Spangen in Middle High German, clasps.
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Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיִּתְּנ֗וּ | vaiyitenu | and they gave [it] | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לֶחָֽרָשִׁים֙ | lecharashim | to the craftsmen | H2796 → | 37 times |
| וְלַבֹּנִ֔ים | velabonim | and to the builders | H1129 → | 376 times |
| לִקְנוֹת֙ | liknot | to buy | H7069 → | |
| אַבְנֵ֣י | ʾavnei | stones of | H68 → | 273 times |
| מַחְצֵ֔ב | machtzev | hewing | H4274 → | |
| וְעֵצִ֖ים | veetzim | and wood<s> | H6086 → | 328 times |
| לַֽמְחַבְּר֑וֹת | lamchaberot | for the clamps | H4226 → | |
| וּלְקָרוֹת֙ | ulekarot | and to make beams for | H7136 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַבָּ֣תִּ֔ים | habatim | the houses | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הִשְׁחִ֖יתוּ | hishchitu | they had ruined | H7843 → | 146 times |
| מַלְכֵ֥י | malkhei | [the] kings of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יְהוּדָֽה׃ | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
וַֽיִּתְּנ֗וּand they gave [it]
vaiyitenuH5414 →2011 times
לֶחָֽרָשִׁים֙to the craftsmen
lecharashimH2796 →37 times
וְלַבֹּנִ֔יםand to the builders
velabonimH1129 →376 times
לִקְנוֹת֙to buy
liknotH7069 →
אַבְנֵ֣יstones of
ʾavneiH68 →273 times
מַחְצֵ֔בhewing
machtzevH4274 →
וְעֵצִ֖יםand wood<s>
veetzimH6086 →328 times
לַֽמְחַבְּר֑וֹתfor the clamps
lamchaberotH4226 →
וּלְקָרוֹת֙and to make beams for
ulekarotH7136 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַבָּ֣תִּ֔יםthe houses
habatimH1004 →2046 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הִשְׁחִ֖יתוּthey had ruined
hishchituH7843 →146 times
מַלְכֵ֥י[the] kings of
malkheiH4428 →2525 times
יְהוּדָֽה׃Judah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
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Through
2 Chronicles 33:22And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon served and sacrificed to all the idols that his father Manasseh had made,
it leads to
- 2 Kings 21:20
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done.
- 2 Chronicles 34:3–4
In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem…
- 2 Chronicles 33:1–10
Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.
- 2 Kings 21:1–11
Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.
- Ezekiel 20:18
In the wilderness I said to their children: ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.
- 2 Kings 21:20
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.