2 Kings 22:6

6 to the carpenters and the builders and the masons and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

2 Kings 22:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 22:6

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.

2 Kings 22:6 In-Context

4 "Go up to Hilkiah the high priest that he may count the money brought in to the house of the LORD which the doorkeepers have gathered from the people.

5 "Let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the LORD , and let them give it to the workmen who are in the house of the LORD to repair the damages of the house,

6 to the carpenters and the builders and the masons and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

7 "Only no accounting shall be made with them for the money delivered into their hands, for they deal faithfully."

8 Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, "I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD ." And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan who read it.