2 Kings 22:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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,”

2 Kings 22:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

2 Kings 22:5 in 6 Bible Translations

Read 2 Kings 22:5 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

2 Kings 22:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Let them deliver it into the hand of the workers who have the oversight of Yahweh’s house; and let them give it to the workers who are in Yahweh’s house, to repair the damage to the house,”

2 Kings 22:5 — World English Bible

2 Kings 22:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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, ”

2 Kings 22:5 — American Standard Version

2 Kings 22:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“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 <FI>is<Fi> in the house of Jehovah, to strengthen the breach of the house,”

2 Kings 22:5 — Young's Literal Translation

2 Kings 22:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“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, ”

2 Kings 22:5 — Darby Translation

2 Kings 22:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And let them deliuer it into the hande of them that doe the worke, and haue the ouersight of the house of the Lord: let them giue it to them that worke in the house of the Lord, to repaire the decayed places of the house:”

2 Kings 22:5 — Geneva Bible

2 Kings 22:5 in Context — 2 Kings 22

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

4 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:

5 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,

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

7 Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.

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What Does 2 Kings 22:5 Mean?

2 Kings 22:5 is a verse from the Book of 2 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Kings chapter 22. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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