2 Kings 22:6
in 2 Kings 22to the carpenters, builders, and masons—to buy timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
unto the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
KJV
Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
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This verse in 2 Kings 22
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
carpenters, and builders, and masons
on 2 Kings 22:6-7
The silver funds three trades and two materials, carpenters, builders and masons, timber and hewn stone, the ordinary business of a temple gone to disrepair under Manasseh and Amon. Verse 7 closes the account with no audit at all: there was no reckoning made with them, because they dealt faithfully, the identical phrase used of Joash's overseers at 2 Ki 12:15. The repeated formula marks faithful stewardship as the standing rule for temple work across two very different reigns, and the narrator trusts it enough to name it rather than itemize the books.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he did what was right in the sight of the Lord" for the thirty-one years in which he reigned. In the eighteenth year from the beginning of his rule, he began to purify Judah …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons,.... Who were employed, some in mending the woodwork, and others in repairing the stone walls and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house; not only money was to be given them for their workmanship, but to buy timber and stone to work with.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לֶחָ֣רָשִׁ֔ים | lecharashim | to the craftsmen | H2796 → | 37 times |
| וְלַבֹּנִ֖ים | velabonim | and to the builders | H1129 → | 376 times |
| וְלַגֹּֽדְרִ֑ים | velagoderim | and to the masons | H1443 → | |
| וְלִקְנ֤וֹת | veliknot | and to acquire | H7069 → | |
| עֵצִים֙ | ʾetzim | wood<s> | H6086 → | 328 times |
| וְאַבְנֵ֣י | veavnei | and stones of | H68 → | 273 times |
| מַחְצֵ֔ב | machtzev | hewing | H4274 → | |
| לְחַזֵּ֖ק | lechazek | to repair | H2388 → | 291 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַבָּֽיִת׃ | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
לֶחָ֣רָשִׁ֔יםto the craftsmen
lecharashimH2796 →37 times
וְלַבֹּנִ֖יםand to the builders
velabonimH1129 →376 times
וְלַגֹּֽדְרִ֑יםand to the masons
velagoderimH1443 →
וְלִקְנ֤וֹתand to acquire
veliknotH7069 →
עֵצִים֙wood<s>
ʾetzimH6086 →328 times
וְאַבְנֵ֣יand stones of
veavneiH68 →273 times
מַחְצֵ֔בhewing
machtzevH4274 →
לְחַזֵּ֖קto repair
lechazekH2388 →291 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַבָּֽיִת׃the house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About 2 Kings
This page draws on Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 22:1; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil, The Books of the Kings.