2 Kings 12:12

12 the masons, and the stonecutters. They also used the money to buy the timber and the finished stone needed for repairing the LORD ’s Temple, and they paid any other expenses related to the Temple’s restoration.

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 the chest became full, the court secretary and the high priest counted the money that had been brought to the LORD ’s Temple and put it into bags.

11 Then they gave the money to the construction supervisors, who used it to pay the people working on the LORD ’s Temple—the carpenters, the builders,

12 the masons, and the stonecutters. They also used the money to buy the timber and the finished stone needed for repairing the LORD ’s Temple, and they paid any other expenses related to the Temple’s restoration.

13 The money brought to the Temple was not used for making silver bowls, lamp snuffers, basins, trumpets, or other articles of gold or silver for the Temple of the LORD .

14 It was paid to the workmen, who used it for the Temple repairs.