2 Kings 12:12

12 to the masons and the stonecutters, as well as to buy timber and quarried stone for making repairs on the house of the Lord, as well as for any outlay for repairs of the house.

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 Whenever they saw that there was a great deal of money in the chest, the king's secretary and the high priest went up, counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and tied it up in bags.
11 They would give the money that was weighed out into the hands of the workers who had the oversight of the house of the Lord; then they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders who worked on the house of the Lord,
12 to the masons and the stonecutters, as well as to buy timber and quarried stone for making repairs on the house of the Lord, as well as for any outlay for repairs of the house.
13 But for the house of the Lord no basins of silver, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, or any vessels of gold, or of silver, were made from the money that was brought into the house of the Lord,
14 for that was given to the workers who were repairing the house of the Lord with it.
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