6That is, to carpenters and masons, and to such as mend breaches: and that timber may be bought, and stones out of the quarries, to repair the temple of the Lord.


In Context

3 And in the eighteenth year of b king Josias, the king sent Saphan the son of Assia, the son of Messulam, the scribe of the temple of the Lord, saying to him:

4 Go to Helcias the high priest, that the money may be put together which is brought into the temple of the Lord, which the doorkeepers of the temple have gathered of the people.

5 And let it be given to the workmen by the overseers of the house of the Lord: and lot them distribute it to those that work in the temple of the Lord, to repair the temple:

6 That is, to carpenters and masons, and to such as mend breaches: and that timber may be bought, and stones out of the quarries, to repair the temple of the Lord.

7 But let there be no reckoning made with them of the money which they receive, but let them have it in their power, and in their trust.

8 And Helcias the high priest said to Saphan the scribe: I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord: and Helcias gave the book to Saphan, and he read it.

2 Kings 22:6 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:6the carpenters, the builders and the masons. Also have them purchase timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:6Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:6unto the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:6to the carpenters and the builders and the masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:6unto the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons; and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:6To carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber, and hewn stone to repair the house.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:6to the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and cut stone to repair the house.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:6to artificers, and to builders, and to repairers of the wall, and to buy wood and hewn stones to strengthen the house;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:6To carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.