Translations
Modern
So the workmen labored, and in their hands the repair work progressed. They restored the house of God according to its specifications, and they reinforced it.
Traditional
So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.
Literal
And those working labored in the work, and went up the restoration of the work by their hand, and they made stand the house of God according to its measurement, and they strengthened it.
Latin
Egeruntque hi qui operabantur industrie, et obducebatur parietum cicatrix per manus eorum, ac suscitaverunt domum Domini in statum pristinum, et firmiter eam stare fecerunt.
Original
Hebrew
English
So the workmen labored, and in their hands the repair work progressed. They restored the house of God according to its specifications, and they reinforced it.
Notes
The book of Kings states that the money collected for repairing the temple was used only for wages (2 Kings 12:13–14). Chronicles adds that they used the money for temple artifacts only after finishing the repairs.
Parallels
Glossary
Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Jehoash Jehoiada
Topics
Church: House of God Jehoiada: A High Priest: Death of Jehoiada: A High Priest: Directs the Repairs of the Temple Joash: (Son of Ahaziah and King of Judah): Repaired the Temple Liberality: Joash and his People Priest: To Have Charge of the Treasury Temple: Solomon's: Repaired by Jehoash, King of Judah the First Temple: Repaired by Jehoash at the Institution of Jehoiada