Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David. Hiram also sent cedar trees, carpenters and stonemasons. They built a house for David.
2 Kings 12:11 - Easy To Read Version Then they paid the workers that worked on the Lord’s temple. They paid the carpenters and other builders that worked on the Lord’s temple. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then they gave the money, when it was weighed, into the hands of those who were doing the work, who had the oversight of the house of the Lord; and they paid it out to the carpenters and builders who worked on the house of the Lord American Standard Version (1901) And they gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of Jehovah: and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders, that wrought upon the house of Jehovah, Common English Bible They would then hand over the money that had been counted to those who supervised the work on the temple. These supervisors then paid money to those who worked on the LORD’s temple: carpenters, builders, Catholic Public Domain Version And they gave it out, by number and measure, to the hands of those who were over the masons of the house of the Lord. And they weighed it out to the carpenters and masons, to those who were working in the house of the Lord Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they gave it out by number and measure into the hands of them that were over the builders of the house of the Lord. And they laid it out to the carpenters, and the masons that wrought in the house of the Lord, |
Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David. Hiram also sent cedar trees, carpenters and stonemasons. They built a house for David.
{Then the people began putting money into that box when they went to the temple.} Whenever the king’s secretary and the high priest saw there was a lot of money in the box, they came and took the money from the box. They put the money in bags and counted it.
They used that money to pay the stoneworkers and stonecutters. And they used that money to buy timber, cut stone, and everything else to repair the Lord’s temple.