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2 Chronicles 24:12
Then the king and Jehoiada would give the money to those who supervised the labor on the house of the LORD to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, as well as workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — King Joash and the high priest Jehoiada distribute the collected temple funds to labor supervisors during the ongoing restoration of the Jerusalem temple. This transfer occurs immediately after the Levites and royal officials empty the donation chest daily.
The words — The Hebrew phrase עוֹשֵׂה מְלֶכֶת (o.seh me.le.khet) literally means “doer of work” and denotes the appointed supervisors managing the temple labor. The verb וַיִּתְּנֵהוּ (va.yi.t.te.ne.hu) means “and they gave it,” specifying the direct administrative transfer of the collected funds.
The thread — The practice of channeling temple donations to skilled laborers appears in 1 Kings 5:15 and recurs in 2 Chronicles 34:9. These passages establish a recurring administrative pattern for funding sacred construction.
Why it lands — The text records a concrete financial procedure without commentary, requiring readers to note how communal resources were systematically directed toward physical restoration. It demands recognition that institutional stewardship precedes and enables sacred work.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the Lord, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the Lord, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the Lord.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 5:15 Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,
- 2 Chronicles 34:9 So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites who guarded the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, from all Judah and Benjamin, and from the people of Jerusalem.