And to masons, and cutters of stone, and to buy timber and cut stone to repair the broken places of the house of the LORD, and for all that was given out for the house to repair it.
And they gave the money, being counted, into the hands of those who did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they gave it out to the carpenters and builders, that worked on the house of the LORD,
They gave money also to the masons, and to the carpenters; and food, and drink, and oil, to those of Sidon, and to those of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the permission that they had from Cyrus king of Persia.
Be it known to the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is built with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work progresses quickly, and prospers in their hands.