2 Chronicles 24:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So the workmen did their work, making good what was damaged and building up the house of God till it was strong and beautiful again.

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  • 1 Chr 22:5 : 5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and untested, and the house which is to be put up for the Lord is to be very great, a thing of wonder and glory through all countries; so I will make ready what is needed for it. So David got ready a great store of material before his death.
  • Neh 4:7 : 7 But when it came to the ears of Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabians and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites, that the building of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and the broken places were being made good, they were full of wrath;
  • Hag 2:3 : 3 Who is there still among you who saw this house in its first glory? and how do you see it now? is it not in your eyes as nothing?
  • Mark 13:1-2 : 1 And when he was going out of the Temple, one of his disciples said to him, Master, see, what stones and what buildings! 2 And Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? there is not one stone here resting on another which will not be overturned.

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  • 2 Chr 24:11-12
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    87%

    11So when the chest was taken to the king's servants by the Levites, and they saw that there was much money in it, the king's scribe and the chief priest's servant took the money out, and put the chest back in its place. They did this day by day, and got together a great amount of money.

    12Then the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who were responsible for getting the work done on the Lord's house, and with it they got wall-builders and woodworkers and metal-workers to put the house of the Lord in good order again.

  • 2 Kgs 12:14
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    14But it was all given to the workmen who were building up the house.

  • 2 Kgs 22:5-6
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    5And let it be given to the overseers of the work of the Lord's house, to give to the workmen who are making good what was damaged in the house of the Lord;

    6To the woodworkers and the builders and the stone-cutters; and for getting wood and cut stones for the building up of the house.

  • 2 Chr 34:10-12
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    10And they gave it to the overseers of the work of the Lord's house, and the overseers gave it to the workmen working in the house, for building it up and making good what was damaged;

    11Even to the woodworkers and builders to get cut stone and wood for joining the structure together and for making boards for the houses which the kings of Judah had given up to destruction.

    12And the men did the work well; and those who had authority over them were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, who were to be responsible for seeing that the work was done; and others of the Levites, who were expert with instruments of music,

  • 2 Kgs 12:11-12
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    11And the money which was measured out they gave regularly to those who were responsible for overseeing the work, and these gave it in payment to the woodworkers and the builders who were working on the house of the Lord,

    12And to the wall-builders and the stone-cutters, and to get wood and cut stone for building up the broken parts of the house of the Lord, and for everything needed to put the house in good order.

  • Ezra 5:8-9
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    8This is to give the king word that we went into the land of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is made of great stones, and has its walls supported with wood, and the work is going on with industry, and they are doing it well.

    9Then we said to the men responsible, who gave you authority for the building of this house and these walls?

  • 2 Chr 8:16
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    16And all the work of Solomon was complete, from the day when he put the base of the Lord's house in position, till Solomon had come to the end of building the Lord's house.

  • 2 Chr 24:4-5
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    4Now after this Joash had a desire to put the house of the Lord into good order again;

    5And getting together the priests and Levites, he said to them, Go out into the towns of Judah year by year, and get from all Israel money to keep the house of your God in good condition; and see that this is done without loss of time. The Levites, however, were slow in doing so.

  • Zech 8:9
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    9This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your hands be strong, you who are now hearing these words from the mouths of the prophets, that is to say, in the days when the base of the house of the Lord of armies has been put in place for the building of the house, that is the Temple.

  • Ezra 6:7
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    7Let the work of this house of God go on; let the ruler of the Jews and their responsible men put up this house of God in its place.

  • Ezra 4:24
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    24So the work of the house of God at Jerusalem came to an end; so it was stopped, till the second year of the rule of Darius, king of Persia.

  • Ezra 5:15-16
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    15And he said to him, Go, take these vessels, and put them in the Temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be put up again in its place.

    16Then this same Sheshbazzar came and put the house of God in Jerusalem on its bases: and from that time till now the building has been going on, but it is still not complete.

  • 2 Chr 24:14
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    14And when the work was done, they took the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and it was used for making the vessels for the house of the Lord, all the vessels needed for the offerings, the spoons and the vessels of gold and silver. And as long as Jehoiada was living, the regular burned offerings were offered in the house of the Lord.

  • 1 Chr 22:15
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    15And you have a great number of workmen, cutters and workers of stone and wood, and experts in every sort of work,

  • 1 Chr 22:2
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    2And David gave orders to get together all the men from strange lands who were in the land of Israel; and he put stone-cutters to work, cutting stones for building the house of God.

  • Neh 4:17-18
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    17Those who were building the wall and those who were moving material did their part, everyone working with one hand, with his spear in the other;

    18Every builder was working with his sword at his side. And by my side was a man for sounding the horn.

  • Hag 2:4
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    4But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, says the Lord; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all you people of the land, says the Lord, and get to work: for I am with you, says the Lord of armies:

  • Ezra 5:11
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    11And they made answer to us, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building the house which was put up in times long past and was designed and made complete by a great king of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 28:13
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    13And for the divisions of the priests and Levites, and for all the work in connection with the worship of the house of the Lord, and all the vessels used in the house of the Lord;

  • Neh 2:18
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    18Then I gave them an account of how the hand of my God was on me, helping me; and of the king's words which he had said to me. And they said, Let us get to work on the building. So they made their hands strong for the good work.

  • Neh 6:9
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    9For they were hoping to put fear in us, saying, Their hands will become feeble and give up the work so that it may not get done. But now, O God, make my hands strong.

  • Ezra 1:5-6
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    5Then the heads of families of Judah and Benjamin, with the priests and the Levites, got ready, even all those whose spirits were moved by God to go up and take in hand the building of the Lord's house in Jerusalem.

    6And all their neighbours gave them help with offerings of vessels of silver and gold and goods and beasts and things of great value, in addition to what was freely offered.

  • Ezra 6:4
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    4With three lines of great stones and one line of new wood supports; and let the necessary money be given out of the king's store-house;

  • Ezra 6:14-15
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    14And the responsible men of the Jews went on with their building, and did well, helped by the teaching of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah, the son of Iddo. They went on building till it was complete, in keeping with the word of the God of Israel, and the orders given by Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes, king of Persia.

    15And the building of this house was complete on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the rule of Darius the king.

  • Ezra 3:8
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    8Now in the second year of their coming into the house of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, the work was taken in hand by Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come from the land where they were prisoners to Jerusalem: and they made the Levites, of twenty years old and over, responsible for overseeing the work of the house of the Lord.

  • Ezra 4:4
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    4Then the people of the land made the hands of the people of Judah feeble, troubling them with fear in their building;

  • Ezra 7:27
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    27Praise be to the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing into the heart of the king, to make fair the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;

  • 2 Chr 24:8
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    8So at the king's order they made a chest and put it outside the doorway of the house of the Lord.

  • Zech 4:9
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    9The hands of Zerubbabel have put the base of this house in place, and his hands will make it complete; and it will be clear to you that the Lord of armies has sent me to you.

  • 2 Kgs 12:6
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    6But in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests had not made good the damaged parts of the house.

  • Neh 4:6
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    6So we went on building the wall; and all the wall was joined together half-way up: for the people were working hard.

  • 1 Kgs 5:18
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    18Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did the work of cutting them, and put edges on them, and got the wood and the stone ready for the building of the house.

  • Neh 13:11
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    11Then I made protests to the chiefs, and said, Why has the house of God been given up? And I got them together and put them in their places.

  • 2 Chr 34:17
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    17They have taken out all the money which was in the Lord's house and have given it to the overseers and to the workmen.

  • Ezra 4:1
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    1Now news came to the haters of Judah and Benjamin that the people who had come back were building a Temple to the Lord, the God of Israel;

  • Ezra 5:2
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    2Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, got up and made a start at building the house of God at Jerusalem: and the prophets of God were with them, helping them.

  • 1 Kgs 6:9
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    9So he put up the house and made it complete, roofing it with boards of cedar-wood.

  • Neh 3:6
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    6Joiada, the son of Paseah, and Meshullam, the son of Besodeiah, made good the old doorway; they put its boards in place and put up its doors, with their locks and rods.

  • Ezra 2:68
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    68And some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, gave freely of their wealth for the building up of the house of God in its place: