2 Kings 22:6

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the carpenters, builders, and masons. It shall also be used to buy timber and quarried stone for repairing the house.

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  • 91%

    11 Whenever they saw there was a lot of money in the chest, the king’s scribe and the high priest would come, count the money that had been brought to the temple of the LORD, and put it into bags.

    12 They would give the prepared money to the workers appointed to oversee the repairs to the temple of the LORD. They used it to pay the carpenters and builders working on the temple of the LORD,

  • 5 Let it be given to the hands of the workmen who are appointed over the house of the LORD, and they shall use it to pay the workers engaged in the repairs of the house—

  • 87%

    10 They gave it into the hands of the supervisors of the work being done on the house of the LORD, who then gave it to the workmen repairing and restoring the temple.

    11 They gave it to the craftsmen and builders to buy dressed stones, timber for joists, and beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to fall into ruin.

    12 The men worked faithfully. Jahath and Obadiah, Levites from the descendants of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam from the descendants of Kohath supervised them. The Levites, all skilled musicians, also assisted in the work.

  • 84%

    12 The king and Jehoiada gave the money to those who carried out the work of the Lord's temple. They hired stonemasons and carpenters to restore the temple and craftsmen to work with iron and bronze to repair the house of the Lord.

    13 The workers diligently carried out their tasks, and the restoration of the temple made steady progress under their hands. They rebuilt the house of God according to its original design and strengthened it.

  • 82%

    14 Now, behold, in my trouble, I have prepared for the house of the Lord one hundred thousand talents of gold, a million talents of silver, and so much bronze and iron that it cannot be weighed, as well as timber and stone in abundance, which you may add to.

    15 Moreover, you have an abundance of workers—stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and every kind of skilled craftsman.

  • Ezra 6:3-5
    3 verses
    82%

    3 In the first year of King Cyrus, King Cyrus issued a decree: The house of God in Jerusalem is to be rebuilt as a place where sacrifices are offered, with its foundations firmly laid. Its height is to be sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits.

    4 It will have three layers of large stone and one layer of new timber. The cost will be paid from the royal treasury.

    5 Also, the gold and silver articles of the house of God that Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon must be returned and brought back to the temple in Jerusalem, each to its rightful place, and deposited into the house of God.

  • 82%

    14 However, no silver basins, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, or any gold or silver vessels were made from the money brought to the temple of the LORD.

    15 Instead, they gave the money to the workers, who used it to repair the temple of the LORD.

  • 81%

    17 You know that my father, David, could not build a house for the name of the LORD his God because of the wars waged against him from all directions until the LORD put his enemies under the soles of his feet.

    18 But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor misfortune.

  • 2 David commanded the gathering of the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, and he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stones to build the house of God.

  • 7 They gave money to the stonecutters and carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, so they would bring cedar wood by sea from Lebanon to Joppa, according to the permission granted by Cyrus king of Persia.

  • 9 I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the timber, twenty thousand cors of crushed wheat, twenty thousand cors of barley, twenty thousand gallons of wine, and twenty thousand gallons of oil.

  • Ezra 6:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7 Leave the work on this house of God alone. Let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its original site.

    8 Moreover, I issue a decree as to what you are to do for these elders of the Jews in the rebuilding of this house of God: The expenses are to be fully paid to these men from the royal treasury from the tributes of the region Beyond the River, so that the work is not hindered.

  • 1 Kgs 6:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6 The lowest side chamber was five cubits wide, the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide. For around the outside of the house, he made offsets on the wall so that the beams would not be embedded in the walls of the house.

    7 The house, when it was being built, was constructed of finished stone cut from the quarry, so that no hammer or axe or any iron tool was heard in the house while it was being built.

  • 7 But no accounting shall be demanded from the workers for the silver that is given to them, for they are acting faithfully.

  • 5 to cut and set stones, to carve wood, and to engage in all forms of craftsmanship.

  • 11 Hiram, king of Tyre, sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

  • 2 Kgs 12:5-7
    3 verses
    76%

    5 Joash said to the priests, 'All the money dedicated as holy gifts brought to the temple of the LORD—that is, the census money, the assessed value for individuals, and all the money that anyone approaches with a willing heart to bring to the temple of the LORD—

    6 let the priests receive it each from their acquaintances, and they shall use it to repair any damage found in the temple.'

    7 But by the twenty-third year of King Joash, the priests had not repaired the damage to the temple.

  • 5 He gathered the priests and Levites and said to them, "Go out to the cities of Judah and collect from all Israel money to repair the house of your God annually. Hurry and do this task." But the Levites did not act quickly.

  • 13 He specified the divisions of the priests and Levites, for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the articles of service in the house of the LORD.

  • Ezra 5:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8 'Let it be known to the king that we went to the province of Judah, to the temple of the great God. It is being rebuilt with large stones and timber is being placed in the walls. The work is being done diligently and is progressing well in their hands.'

    9 'Then we asked those elders, and we said to them, "Who gave you the authority to rebuild this temple and complete this structure?"'

  • 2 Chr 2:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6 So now, send me a skilled craftsman, knowledgeable in working with gold, silver, bronze, iron, purple, crimson, and blue yarn, and able to engrave designs. He will work with the skilled craftsmen who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.

    7 Also, send me cedar, cypress, and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your servants are skilled in cutting timber there. My servants will work alongside your servants.

  • 8 and may I have a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the royal forest, that he might give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress by the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy." And the king granted my requests, because the gracious hand of my God was on me.

  • 15 And he said to him, 'Take these vessels and go; deposit them in the temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt on its original site.'

  • 36 He built the inner courtyard with three rows of hewn stone and a row of cedar beams.

  • 8 Go up into the mountains, bring down timber, and build the house, so that I may be pleased with it and be glorified, says the LORD.

  • 3 At that time, Tattenai, the governor of the region beyond the River, Shethar-Bozenai, and their companions came to them and said, 'Who gave you the authority to rebuild this temple and complete this structure?'

  • 9 So he built the house and finished it, and he covered the house with beams and rows of cedar boards.

  • 17 They have collected the money that was found in the house of the LORD and have handed it over to the supervisors and workers in charge of the work."

  • 68 Several of the heads of the families, upon arriving at the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, gave freewill offerings to rebuild it on its foundation.

  • 11 'This was their reply to us: "We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago. It was a great king of Israel who built and completed it."'

  • 1 King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar wood, stonemasons, and carpenters to build him a palace.

  • 17 And now, if it seems good to the king, let a search be made in the royal archives in Babylon to determine if a decree was indeed issued by King Cyrus to rebuild this house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision concerning this matter.

  • 2 So, to the best of my ability, I have made preparations for the house of my God: gold for the gold work, silver for the silver work, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx stones, inlaid stones, colored stones, all kinds of precious stones, and marble in abundance.

  • 6 Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots and twelve thousand horsemen.

  • 32 Between the upper room at the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.