Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
for they gave that to them that did the work, and repaired therewith the house of Jehovah.
WEB
Instead, it was paid to those doing the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD.
YLT
for to those doing the work they give it, and they have strengthened with it the house of Jehovah,
DBT
but they gave that to the workmen, and repaired the house of Jehovah with it.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.
- Author
- Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
- Date
- Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC