2 Kings 22:5 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Kings 22:5

Hilkiah Finds the Book of the Law

3 ^aNow it came to pass, in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the scribe, the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the house of the Lord, saying:

4 “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money which has been ^abrought into the house of the Lord, which ^bthe doorkeepers have gathered from the people.

5 And let them ^adeliver it into the hand of those doing the work, who are the overseers in the house of the Lord; let them give it to those who are in the house of the Lord doing the work, to repair the damages of the house—

6 to carpenters and builders and masons—and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

7 However ^athere need be no accounting made with them of the money delivered into their hand, because they deal faithfully.”

8 Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, ^a“I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the Lord.” And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

Verse Comparison: 2 Kings 22:5

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American Standard Version
and let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen that have the oversight of the house of Jehovah; and let them give it to the workmen that are in the house of Jehovah, to repair the breaches of the house,

Amplified® Bible
And let them deliver it into the hands of the workmen who have oversight of the Lord's house, to give to the laborers engaged in the repairing of the Lord's house--

Contemporary English Version
Have Hilkiah give it to the men supervising the repairs to the temple. They can use some of the money to pay

Darby English Version
and let them give it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of Jehovah; and let them give it to those that do the work in the house of Jehovah, to repair the breaches of the house,

Good News Bible
Tell him to give the money to the men who are in charge of the repairs in the Temple. They are to pay

King James Version
And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house,

New American Standard Bible
"Let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the LORD, and let them give it to the workmen who are in the house of the LORD to repair the damages of the house,

New International Version
Have them entrust it to the men appointed to supervise the work on the temple. And have these men pay the workers who repair the temple of the LORD -

New King James Version
And let them deliver it into the hand of those doing the work, who are the overseers in the house of the LORD; let them give it to those who are in the house of the LORD doing the work, to repair the damages of the house—

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the LORD, and let them give it to the workmen who serve in the house of the LORD to repair the damages of the house,

Revised Standard Version
and let it be given into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the LORD; and let them give it to the workmen who are at the house of the LORD, repairing the house,

Young's Literal Translation
and they give it into the hand of the doers of the work, the overseers, in the house of Jehovah, and they give it to the doers of the work that `is' in the house of Jehovah, to strengthen the breach of the house,

New English Translation
Have them hand it over to the construction foremen¹ assigned to the Lord’s temple. They in turn should pay the temple workers to repair it,²

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