Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David. Hiram also sent cedar trees, carpenters and stonemasons. They built a house for David.
2 Kings 22:6 - Easy To Read Version Use that money for the carpenters, stonemasons, and stonecutters. And use that money to buy the timber and cut stones that are needed to fix the temple. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition That is, to the carpenters, builders, and masons–and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. American Standard Version (1901) unto the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house. Common English Bible the carpenters, the builders, and the masons. It should be used to pay for lumber and quarried stone to repair the temple. Catholic Public Domain Version 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David. Hiram also sent cedar trees, carpenters and stonemasons. They built a house for David.
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.
The priests must use that money to pay the workers to repair the Lord’s temple. The priests must give that money to the men that supervise the work on the Lord’s temple.
Don’t count the money that you give to the workers. Those workers can be trusted.”
David gave an order for all foreigners living in Israel to be gathered together. David chose stonecutters {\cf2\super [232]} from that group of foreigners. Their job was to cut stones ready to be used for building God’s temple. {\cf2\super [233]}