KJV ORIGINAL
Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
To carpenters, builders, and stonemasons, and to buy lumber and cut stone to repair the temple.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse describes how money was being used to hire skilled workers and buy materials to restore God's temple.
📚 Historical Context
King Josiah was overseeing major repairs to the Jerusalem temple around 622 BC, after years of neglect under previous kings. The temple had fallen into disrepair during the reigns of wicked kings like Manasseh and Amon, who had allowed idol worship and failed to maintain God's house.
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