And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also carpenters and masons who built David a house.
2 Kings 22:6 - English Standard Version 2016 (that is, to the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons), and let them use it for buying timber and quarried stone to repair the house. 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. |
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also carpenters and masons who built David a house.
and to the masons and the stonecutters, as well as to buy timber and quarried stone for making repairs on the house of the Lord, and for any outlay for the repairs of the house.
And let it be given into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the Lord, and let them give it to the workmen who are at the house of the Lord, repairing the house
But no accounting shall be asked from them for the money that is delivered into their hand, for they deal honestly.”
David commanded to gather together the resident aliens who were in the land of Israel, and he set stonecutters to prepare dressed stones for building the house of God.