2 Chronicles 34:11

11 even to the carpenters and to the builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

2 Chronicles 34:11 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 34:11

Even to the artificers and builders gave they it
To the masons and carpenters:

to buy hewn stone;
to put in the room of that which was decayed or fallen down:

and timber for couplings;
of boards, beams, and rafters:

and to floor the houses;
the chambers, the apartments in the temple, which belonged to the priests and Levites:

which the kings of Judah had destroyed;
the idolatrous ones, who had let them go to decay and ruin, taking no care of them.

2 Chronicles 34:11 In-Context

9 They came to Hilkiah the high priest, and delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the keepers of the threshold, had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin, and of the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

10 They delivered it into the hand of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of Yahweh; and the workmen who labored in the house of Yahweh gave it to mend and repair the house;

11 even to the carpenters and to the builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

12 The men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and [others of] the Levites, all who were skillful with instruments of music.

13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and set forward all who did the work in every manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.