2 Chronicles 24:13
11 Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.
So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.
14 And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.
15 But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- So the workmen labored, and in their hands the repair work progressed. They restored the house of God according to its specifications, and they reinforced it.
- KJV
- So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.
- WEB
- So the workmen worked, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands. They set up God’s house as it was designed, and strengthened it.
- ASV
- So the workmen wrought, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands, and they set up the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.
- DARBY
- So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.
- BLB
- And those working labored in the work, and went up the restoration of the work by their hand, and they made stand the house of God according to its measurement, and they strengthened it.
- ÅB
- Og arbeidsfolkene arbeidet, og utbedringsarbeidet skred fram under deres hender, og de satte Guds hus i stand igjen etter dets rette mål og gjorde det sterkt.
- OTB
- Så arbeiderne arbeidet, og restaureringsarbeidet skred frem i deres hender, og de gjenopprettet Guds hus i henhold til dets spesifikasjoner, og styrket det.
- B1930
- Og arbeidsfolkene arbeidet, og utbedringsarbeidet skred frem under deres hender, og de satte Guds hus i stand igjen efter dets rette mål og gjorde det sterkt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Nehemiah 4:7
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
Read in contextHaggai 2:3
Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?
Read in context1 Chronicles 22:5
And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
Read in contextMark 13:1–2
And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!
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