2 Chronicles 24:13
New International Version
The men in charge of the work were diligent, and the repairs progressed under them. They rebuilt the temple of God according to its original design and reinforced it.

New Living Translation
The men in charge of the renovation worked hard and made steady progress. They restored the Temple of God according to its original design and strengthened it.

English Standard Version
So those who were engaged in the work labored, and the repairing went forward in their hands, and they restored the house of God to its proper condition and strengthened it.

Berean Standard Bible
So the workmen labored, and in their hands the repair work progressed. They restored the house of God according to its specifications, and they reinforced it.

King James Bible
So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.

New King James Version
So the workmen labored, and the work was completed by them; they restored the house of God to its original condition and reinforced it.

New American Standard Bible
So the workmen labored, and the repair work progressed in their hands, and they restored the house of God according to its specifications and strengthened it.

NASB 1995
So the workmen labored, and the repair work progressed in their hands, and they restored the house of God according to its specifications and strengthened it.

NASB 1977
So the workmen labored, and the repair work progressed in their hands, and they restored the house of God according to its specifications, and strengthened it.

Legacy Standard Bible
So those who did the work labored, and the repair work progressed in their hands, and they restored the house of God according to its specifications and strengthened it.

Amplified Bible
So the workmen labored, and the repair work progressed in their hands; and they restored and organized the house of God in accordance with its specifications and strengthened it.

Christian Standard Bible
The workmen did their work, and through them the repairs progressed. They restored God’s temple to its specifications and reinforced it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The workmen did their work, and through them the repairs progressed. They restored God’s temple to its specifications and reinforced it.

American Standard Version
So the workmen wrought, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands, and they set up the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English


Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the workmen wrought, and the works prospered in their hands, and they established the house of the Lord on its foundation, and strengthened it.

Contemporary English Version
These workers went right to work repairing the temple, and when they were finished, it looked as good as new.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the workmen were diligent, and the breach of the walls was closed up by their hands, and they set up the house of the Lord in its former state, and made it stand firm.

English Revised Version
So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set up the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
As the men worked, the project progressed under the foremen's guidance. They restored God's temple to its proper condition and reinforced it.

Good News Translation
All of them worked hard, and they restored the Temple to its original condition, as solid as ever.

International Standard Version
As a result, the workmen did their labor, and the repair work progressed steadily under their supervision, and they restored God's Temple back to what it should be, and strengthened it, too.

JPS Tanakh 1917
So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set up the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.

Literal Standard Version
And those doing the business work, and there goes up lengthening to the work by their hand, and they establish the house of God by its proper measure, and strengthen it.

Majority Standard Bible
So the workmen labored, and in their hands the repair work progressed. They restored the house of God according to its specifications, and they reinforced it.

New American Bible
The workers labored, and the task of restoration progressed under their hands. They restored the house of God according to its original form, and reinforced it.

NET Bible
They worked hard and made the repairs. They followed the measurements specified for God's temple and restored it.

New Revised Standard Version
So those who were engaged in the work labored, and the repairing went forward at their hands, and they restored the house of God to its proper condition and strengthened it.

New Heart English Bible
So the workmen worked, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands, and they set up God's house in its state, and strengthened it.

Webster's Bible Translation
So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.

World English Bible
So the workmen worked, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands. They set up God’s house as it was designed, and strengthened it.

Young's Literal Translation
And those doing the business work, and there goeth up lengthening to the work by their hand, and they establish the house of God, by its proper measure, and strengthen it.

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Context
Joash Repairs the Temple
12Then the king and Jehoiada would give the money to those who supervised the labor on the house of the LORD to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, as well as workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD. 13So the workmen labored, and in their hands the repair work progressed. They restored the house of God according to its specifications, and they reinforced it. 14When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada to make with it the articles for the house of the LORD—utensils for the service and for the burnt offerings, dishes, and other objects of gold and silver. Throughout the days of Jehoiada, burnt offerings were presented regularly in the house of the LORD.…

Cross References
2 Chronicles 24:12
Then the king and Jehoiada would give the money to those who supervised the labor on the house of the LORD to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, as well as workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 24:14
When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada to make with it the articles for the house of the LORD--utensils for the service and for the burnt offerings, dishes, and other objects of gold and silver. Throughout the days of Jehoiada, burnt offerings were presented regularly in the house of the LORD.


Treasury of Scripture

So the workmen worked, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.

Nehemiah 4:7
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,

they set, et.

in his state

1 Chronicles 22:5
And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

Haggai 2:3
Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?

Mark 13:1,2
And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! …

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2 Chronicles 24
1. Joash reigns well all the days of Jehoiada
4. He gives order for the repair of the temple
15. Jehoiada's death and honorable burial
17. Joash, falling into idolatry, slays Zechariah the son of Jehoiada
23. Joash is spoiled by the Syrians, and slain by Zabad and Jehozabad
27. Amaziah succeeds him














(13, 14) The writer concludes in his own fashion, freely modifying the older account to suit the needs of his contemporaries. (The Syriac and Arabic versions omit both verses.)

(13) So the workmen wrought.--Literally, And the makers of the work made.

And the work was perfected by them.--Literally, and a bandage was applied to the work by their hand. This curious metaphor, expressive of restoration, is used again in a similar way in Nehemiah 4:1, "a bandage was applied to the walls of Jerusalem." Jeremiah had used it before (Jeremiah 8:22; Jeremiah 30:17; comp. also Isaiah 58:8) of the national restoration. . . .

Verse 13. - The work was perfected by their hands. The margin gives the literal rendering, "healing" or health, or, i.e., recovery, "went up upon the work." The lively figure of the Hebrew word used (אֲרוּכָה) is very intelligible. The term is employed in only five other places, viz. Nehemiah 4:7 (Authorized Version, "The walls were made up;" Revised Version better, The repairing of the walls went forward); Isaiah 58:8; Jeremiah 8:22; Jeremiah 30:17; Jeremiah 33:6; in each of which four instances, in both Authorized Version and Revised Version, the literal rendering "health" or "healing" is found. In his state; equivalent to in its stateliness, perhaps the idea of the Hebrew word מַתְכֻּנְהּו [only used four other times, and then rendered once "tale" (Exodus 5:8), twice "composition" (2 Chronicles 30:32, 37), once "measure" (Ezekiel 45:11)], being measure, or proportion, or rate.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So the workmen
וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ֙ (way·ya·‘ă·śū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 6213: To do, make

labored,
עֹשֵׂ֣י (‘ō·śê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 6213: To do, make

and in their hands
בְּיָדָ֑ם (bə·yā·ḏām)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3027: A hand

the repair
אֲרוּכָ֛ה (’ă·rū·ḵāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 724: Healing, restoration

work
לַמְּלָאכָ֖ה (lam·mə·lā·ḵāh)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4399: Deputyship, ministry, employment, work, property

progressed.
וַתַּ֧עַל (wat·ta·‘al)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

They restored
וַֽיַּעֲמִ֜ידוּ (way·ya·‘ă·mî·ḏū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations

the house
בֵּ֧ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of God
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֛ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

according
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

to its specifications,
מַתְכֻּנְתּ֖וֹ (maṯ·kun·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4971: Measurement, tally, proportion

and they reinforced it.
וַֽיְאַמְּצֻֽהוּ׃ (way·’am·mə·ṣu·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's 553: To be stout, strong, bold, alert


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