2 Kings 22:6
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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.

carpenters.

Exodus 28:11 With the work of an engraver, and the graving of a jeweller, thou shalt engrave them with the names of the children of Israel, set in gold and compassed about:

Exodus 35:35 Both of them hath he instructed with wisdom, to do carpenters' work, and tapestry, and embroidery in blue and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine linen, and to weave all things, and to invent all new things.

Exodus 38:23 Having for his companion Ooliab, the son of Achisamech, of the tribe of Dan: who also was an excellent artificer in wood, and worker in tapestry and embroidery in violet, purple, scarlet, and fine linen.

builders.

2 Kings 12:11 And they gave it out by number and measure into the hands of them that were over the builders of the house of the Lord: and they laid it out to the carpenters, and the masons, that wrought in the house of the Lord,

Genesis 4:17 And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived, and brought forth Henoch: and he built a city, and called the name thereof by the name of his son Henoch.

1 Kings 5:18 And the masons of Solomon, and the masons of Hiram, hewed them: and the Giblians prepared timber and stones to build the house.

1 Kings 6:12 As for this house, which thou art building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments, walking in them, I will fulfil my word to thee, which I spoke to David thy father.

masons.

2 Kings 12:12 And made the repairs: and to them that cut stones, and to buy timber, and stones to be hewed, that the repairs of the house of the Lord might be completely finished, and wheresoever there was need of expenses to uphold the house.

Isaiah 58:12 And the places that have been desolate for ages shall be built in thee: thou shalt raise up the foundation of generation and generation: and thou shalt be called the repairer of the fences, turning the paths into rest.

Ezekiel 22:30 And I sought among them for a man that might set up a hedge, and stand in the gap before me in favour of the land, that I might not destroy it: and I found none.

Context
Funding the Temple Repairs
5And let it be given to the workmen by the overseers of the house of the Lord: and let them distribute it to those that work in the temple of the Lord, to repair the temple: 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.7But 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.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 5:11
And Hiram the king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons for walls: and they built a house for David.

2 Kings 12:12
And made the repairs: and to them that cut stones, and to buy timber, and stones to be hewed, that the repairs of the house of the Lord might be completely finished, and wheresoever there was need of expenses to uphold the house.

2 Kings 22:5
And let it be given to the workmen by the overseers of the house of the Lord: and let them distribute it to those that work in the temple of the Lord, to repair the temple:

2 Kings 22:7
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.

Lexicon
to the carpenters,
לֶחָ֣רָשִׁ֔ים (le·ḥā·rā·šîm)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2796: A fabricator, any material

builders,
וְלַבֹּנִ֖ים (wə·lab·bō·nîm)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

and masons—
וְלַגֹּֽדְרִ֑ים (wə·lag·gō·ḏə·rîm)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1443: To wall up or off, to build a wall

to buy
וְלִקְנ֤וֹת (wə·liq·nō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7069: To erect, create, to procure, by purchase, to own

timber
עֵצִים֙ (‘ê·ṣîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6086: Tree, trees, wood

and dressed
מַחְצֵ֔ב (maḥ·ṣêḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4274: A hewing, a quarry

stone
וְאַבְנֵ֣י (wə·’aḇ·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 68: A stone

to repair
לְחַזֵּ֖ק (lə·ḥaz·zêq)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

the temple.
הַבָּֽיִת׃ (hab·bā·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house


Additional Translations
to the carpenters, builders, and masons—to buy timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.To carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

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

even to the carpenters, and builders, and masons, and also to purchase timber and hewn stones, to repair the breaches of the house.

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

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

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

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

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