Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsunto the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
to the carpenters, builders, and masons—to buy timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.
to artificers, and to builders, and to repairers of the wall, and to buy wood and hewn stones to strengthen the house;
to the carpenters and the builders and the masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
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