2 Chronicles 24:13
in 2 Chronicles 24So 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.
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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.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 24
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ֙ | vaiyaasu | and they worked | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| עֹשֵׂ֣י | ʾosei | [the] doers of | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה | hamelakhah | the work | H4399 → | 167 times |
| וַתַּ֧עַל | vataal | and it went up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| אֲרוּכָ֛ה | ʾarukhah | [the] repair | H724 → | |
| לַמְּלָאכָ֖ה | lamelakhah | for the work | H4399 → | 167 times |
| בְּיָדָ֑ם | beyadam | by hand their | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| וַֽיַּעֲמִ֜ידוּ | vaiyaamidu | and they erected | H5975 → | 521 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בֵּ֧ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הָֽאֱלֹהִ֛ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מַתְכֻּנְתּ֖וֹ | matkunto | measurement its | H4971 → | |
| וַֽיְאַמְּצֻֽהוּ׃ | vayametzuhu | and they strengthened it | H553 → | 41 times |
וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ֙and they worked
vaiyaasuH6213 →2628 times
עֹשֵׂ֣י[the] doers of
ʾoseiH6213 →2628 times
הַמְּלָאכָ֔הthe work
hamelakhahH4399 →167 times
וַתַּ֧עַלand it went up
vataalH5927 →890 times
אֲרוּכָ֛ה[the] repair
ʾarukhahH724 →
לַמְּלָאכָ֖הfor the work
lamelakhahH4399 →167 times
בְּיָדָ֑םby hand their
beyadamH3027 →1618 times
וַֽיַּעֲמִ֜ידוּand they erected
vaiyaamiduH5975 →521 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בֵּ֧ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֛ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
מַתְכֻּנְתּ֖וֹmeasurement its
matkuntoH4971 →
וַֽיְאַמְּצֻֽהוּ׃and they strengthened it
vayametzuhuH553 →41 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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.
- Ezra 3:12
Through
Nehemiah 4:7When 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;
- Nehemiah 4:1
Through
1 Chronicles 22:5And 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.
- 1 Chronicles 29:1
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Chronicles

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.
