And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bore burdens, and fourscore thousand quarried stone in the mountains;
2 Kings 12:12 - King James 2000 And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the damages of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And to the masons and stonecutters, and to buy timber and hewn stone for making the repairs on the house of the Lord, and for all that was outlay for repairing the house. American Standard Version (1901) and to the masons and the hewers of stone, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of Jehovah, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. Common English Bible masons, and stonecutters. The money was used to purchase wood and quarried stone to repair the LORD’s temple and for every other cost involved in repairing it. Catholic Public Domain Version and restoring the surfaces, and to those who were cutting stones, and buying timber and stones to be cut, so that the repairs to the house of the Lord might be finished: for all that was needed toward the expenses in order to strengthen the house. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And made the repairs: and to them that cut stones, and to buy timber, and stones, to be hewed, that the repairs of the house of the Lord might be completely finished, and wheresoever there was need of expenses to uphold the house |
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bore burdens, and fourscore thousand quarried stone in the mountains;
And they gave the money, being counted, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they paid it out to the carpenters and builders, that worked upon the house of the LORD,
They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and food, and drink, and oil, unto them of Sidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from Cyrus king of Persia.
Be it known unto 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 goes on diligently , and prospers in their hands.
And as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,