Joash Repairs the Temple
2 Chronicles 24:13
In 11 translations
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.the work…: Heb. the healing went up upon the work
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- 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.
- LSV
- 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.
- YLT
- 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.
- DBY
- So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.Elohim
- DRC
- 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.
- GNV
- So the workemen wrought, and the worke amended through their hands: and they restored the house of God to his state, and strengthened it.
- JPS
- 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.
- LXXE
- 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.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ֙ עֹשֵׂ֣י הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה וַתַּ֧עַל אֲרוּכָ֛ה לַמְּלָאכָ֖ה בְּיָדָ֑ם וַֽיַּעֲמִ֜ידוּ אֶת־בֵּ֧ית הָֽאֱלֹהִ֛ים עַל־מַתְכֻּנְתּ֖וֹ וַֽיְאַמְּצֻֽהוּ׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἐποίουν οἱ ποιοῦντες τὰ ἔργα, καὶ ἀνέβη μῆκος τῶν ἔργων ἐν χερσὶν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀνέστησαν τὸν οἶκον Κυρίου ἐπὶ τὴν στάσιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐνίσχυσαν.
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
JehoiadaTreasury, (of Temple)RevivalsJoashWorker; Workfellow; WorkmanJehoash; JoashTax; TaxingTemple, the FirstPriest, HighLiberality
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Chronicles 22:5And David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent—famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore I must make preparations for it.”…
- Mark 13:1–2As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, “Teacher, look at the magnificent stones and buildings!” “Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on…
- Nehemiah 4:7When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,
- Haggai 2:3‘Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not appear to you like nothing in comparison?’
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