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2 Chronicles 24:13

in 2 Chronicles 24

So the workmen labored, and in their hands the repair work progressed. They restored the house of God according to its specifications, and they reinforced it.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

So the workmen wrought, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands, and they set up the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.

KJV

So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.

This verse in 2 Chronicles 24

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
They set the house of God in his state - Some prefer, “they set up the house of God in its (old) measure” or “proportions.”

This site's exposition

the king and Jehoiada gave

on 2 Chronicles 24:12-14

The money passes to workmen who repair and strengthen the house, and the text names its own audit: the workmen wrought faithfully and the work was perfected, the same trust 2 Kings 12:15 rests its accounting on. But where Kings states plainly that no bowls, snuffers or vessels of gold and silver were made from the repair fund, Chronicles records that the leftover money, once the house stood finished, did furnish vessels to minister and to offer withal. The two accounts read as two stages of one project, repair first and vessels after, and burnt offerings resume continually all the days of Jehoiada, the phrase that already marks the limit named at verse 2.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

He never was sincere, never acted from principle, but in compliance to Jehoiada, who had helped him to the crown, and because he had been protected in the temple and rose upon the ruins of idolatry; and therefore, when the wind turned, he turned with it. His good counsellor left him, and was by death removed from him. It was a mercy to him and his kingdom that Jehoiada lived so long-130 years (

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So the workmen wrought,.... The masons, carpenters, blacksmiths, and brasiers: and the work was perfected by them; the business of repairs was completely finished: and they set the house of God in his state; as it was at first: and strengthened it; so that it seemed as firm and stable as when first built.

The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ֙and they worked

    vaiyaasuH62132628 times

  • עֹשֵׂ֣י[the] doers of

    ʾoseiH62132628 times

  • הַמְּלָאכָ֔הthe work

    hamelakhahH4399167 times

  • וַתַּ֧עַלand it went up

    vataalH5927890 times

  • אֲרוּכָ֛ה[the] repair

    ʾarukhahH724

  • לַמְּלָאכָ֖הfor the work

    lamelakhahH4399167 times

  • בְּיָדָ֑םby hand their

    beyadamH30271618 times

  • וַֽיַּעֲמִ֜ידוּand they erected

    vaiyaamiduH5975521 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • בֵּ֧ית[the] house of

    beitH10042046 times

  • הָֽאֱלֹהִ֛ים<the> God

    haelohimH4302601 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H59215755 times

  • מַתְכֻּנְתּ֖וֹmeasurement its

    matkuntoH4971

  • וַֽיְאַמְּצֻֽהוּ׃and they strengthened it

    vayametzuhuH55341 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Haggai 2:3

    ‘Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not appear to you like nothing in comparison?’

    it leads to

    • Ezra 3:12

      But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.

  • Through

    Nehemiah 4:7

    When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 4:1

      Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews

    • Nehemiah 2:10

      But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.

    • Acts 4:17–18

      But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”

    • Acts 5:33

      When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.

    • Jeremiah 25:20

      all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 22:5

    And David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent—famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore I must make preparations for…

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 29:1

      Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for…

    • 1 Kings 3:7

      And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.

Where this verse is studied

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About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.