2 Kings 12:12

12 and 1to the masons and the stonecutters *, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the damages to the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.

2 Kings 12:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 12:12

And to masons, and hewers of stone
Which they cut out of the mountain, and the masons repaired the stone walls with:

and to buy timber;
felled in Lebanon:

and hewed stone;
fitted for building with:

to repair the breaches of the house of the Lord;
where both timber and stone were wanting:

and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it;
in whatsoever else it needed, as iron and brass to mend it, ( 2 Chronicles 24:12 ) .

2 Kings 12:12 In-Context

10 When they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king's scribe and the high priest came up and tied it in bags and counted the money which was found in the house of the LORD .
11 They gave the money which was weighed out into the hands of those who did the work, who had the oversight of the house of the LORD ; and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders who worked on the house of the LORD ;
12 and to the masons and the stonecutters , and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the damages to the house of the LORD , and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
13 But there were not made for the house of the LORD silver cups, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver from the money which was brought into the house of the LORD ;
14 for they gave that to those who did the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD .

Cross References 1

  • 1. 2 Kings 22:5, 6

Footnotes 1

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