2-Kings - 22:6



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

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Kings 22:6.

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Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
unto the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
That is, to carpenters and masons, and to such as mend breaches: and that timber may be bought, and stones out of the quarries, to repair the temple of the Lord.
to artificers, and to builders, and to repairers of the wall, and to buy wood and hewn stones to strengthen the house;
To the woodworkers and the builders and the stone-cutters; and for getting wood and cut stones for the building up of the house.
unto the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons; and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.'-
specifically, to carpenters and masons, and to those who mend gaps, and so that wood may be purchased, and stones from the quarries, in order to repair the temple of the Lord.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

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.

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