2 Kings 22:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • 2 Kgs 12:11-12
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    91%

    11 And 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,

    12 And 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.

  • 2 Kgs 22:5
    88%

    5 And 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;

  • 2 Chr 34:10-12
    3 verses
    87%

    10 And 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;

    11 Even 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.

    12 And 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 Chr 24:12-13
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    84%

    12 Then 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.

    13 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.

  • 1 Chr 22:14-15
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    14 Now see, poor though I am, I have got ready for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold and a million talents of silver; and a weight of brass and iron greater than may be measured; and wood and stone have I made ready, and you may put more to it.

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

  • Ezra 6:3-5
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    82%

    3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made an order: In connection with the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be put up, the place where they make offerings, and let the earth for the bases be put in place; let it be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide;

    4 With 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;

    5 And let the gold and silver vessels from the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the Temple at Jerusalem to Babylon, be given back and taken again to the Temple at Jerusalem, every one in its place, and put them in the house of God.

  • 2 Kgs 12:14-15
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    14 But it was all given to the workmen who were building up the house.

    15 And they did not get any statement of accounts from the men to whom the money was given for the workmen, for they made use of it with good faith.

  • 1 Kgs 5:17-18
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    81%

    17 By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone.

    18 Solomon'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.

  • 1 Chr 22:2
    81%

    2 And 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.

  • Ezra 3:7
    80%

    7 And they gave money to the stoneworkers and woodworkers; and meat and drink and oil to the people of Zidon and of Tyre, for the transport of cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, as Cyrus, king of Persia, had given them authority to do.

  • 2 Chr 2:9
    78%

    9 To get trees for me in great numbers, for the house which I am building is to be great and a wonder.

  • Ezra 6:7-8
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    7 Let 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.

    8 Further, I give orders as to what you are to do for the responsible men of the Jews in connection with the building of this house of God: that from the king's wealth, that is, from the taxes got together in the land over the river, the money needed is to be given to these men readily, so that their work may not be stopped.

  • 1 Kgs 6:6-7
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    6 The lowest line of them being five cubits wide, the middle six cubits wide and the third seven cubits; for there was a space all round the outside walls of the house so that the boards supporting the rooms did not have to be fixed in the walls of the house.

    7 (And the stones used in the building of the house were squared at the place where they were cut out; there was no sound of hammer or axe or any iron instrument while they were building the house.)

  • 2 Kgs 22:7
    76%

    7 They did not have to give any account of the money which was handed to them, for they made use of it with good faith.

  • Exod 31:5
    76%

    5 In cutting stones for framing, and to do every form of woodwork.

  • 2 Sam 5:11
    76%

    11 And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David, with cedar-trees and woodworkers and stoneworkers: and they made David a house.

  • 2 Kgs 12:5-7
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    76%

    5 Let the priests take, every man from his friends and neighbours, to make good what is damaged in the house, wherever it is to be seen.

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

    7 Then King Jehoash sent for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said to them, Why have you not made good what is damaged in the house? now take no more money from your neighbours, but give it for the building up of the house.

  • 2 Chr 24:5
    75%

    5 And 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.

  • 1 Chr 28:13
    75%

    13 And 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;

  • Ezra 5:8-9
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    75%

    8 This 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.

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

  • 2 Chr 2:6-7
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    6 But who may have strength enough to make a house for him, seeing that the heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be his resting-place? who am I then to make a house for him? But I am building it only for the burning of perfume before him.

    7 So now send me an expert worker in gold and silver and brass and iron? in purple and red and blue, and in the cutting of all sorts of ornament, to be with the expert workmen who are here in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom my father David got together.

  • Neh 2:8
    75%

    8 And a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's park, so that he may give me wood to make boards for the doors of the tower of the house, and for the wall of the town, and for the house which is to be mine. And the king gave me this, for the hand of my God was on me.

  • Ezra 5:15
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    15 And 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.

  • 1 Kgs 6:36
    74%

    36 And the inner space was walled with three lines of squared stones and a line of cedar-wood boards.

  • Hag 1:8
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    8 Go up to the hills and get wood and put up the house; and I will take pleasure in it and be honoured, says the Lord.

  • Ezra 5:3
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    3 At the same time, Tattenai, ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai, and their men, came to them and said, Who gave you orders to go on building this house and this wall?

  • 1 Kgs 6:9
    74%

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

  • 2 Chr 34:17
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    17 They 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 2:68
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    68 And 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:

  • Ezra 5:11
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    11 And 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 14:1
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    1 And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David with cedar-trees, and stoneworkers and woodworkers for the building of his house.

  • Ezra 5:17
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    17 So now, if it seems good to the king, let search be made in the king's store-house at Babylon, to see if it is true that an order was given by Cyrus the king for the building of this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send us word of his pleasure in connection with this business.

  • 1 Chr 29:2
    74%

    2 Now as far as I am able, I have made ready what is needed for the house of my God; the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the silver things, and the brass for the brass things, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; beryls and jewels to be framed, and stones of different colours for ornament; all sorts of stones of great price, and polished building-stone, as much as is needed and more.

  • 1 Kgs 5:6
    73%

    6 So now, will you have cedar-trees from Lebanon cut down for me, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you payment for your servants at whatever rate you say; for it is common knowledge that we have no such wood-cutters among us as the men of Zidon.

  • Neh 3:32
    73%

    32 And between the way up to the angle and the sheep door, the gold-workers and the traders made good the wall.