2 Kings 22:6

6 To the woodworkers and the builders and the stone-cutters; and for getting wood and cut stones for the building up of 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 chief priest, and let him give out the money which is taken into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the door have got together from the people;

5 And let it be given to the overseers of the work of the Lord's house, to give to the workmen who are making good what was damaged in the house of the Lord;

6 To the woodworkers and the builders and the stone-cutters; and for getting wood and cut stones for the building up of the house.

7 They did not have to give any account of the money which was handed to them, for they made use of it with good faith.

8 Then Hilkiah, the chief priest, said to Shaphan the scribe, I have made discovery of the book of the law in the house of the Lord. So Hilkiah gave it to Shaphan;