King James Version
2 Kings 12:14 in the King James Version says “But they gave that to the workmen , and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But they gave that to the workmen , and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.”
2 Kings 12:14 · KJV
And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. was: Heb. went forth
Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD:
But they gave that to the workmen , and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.
Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests'.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“that to the workmen”
H4399properly, deputyship, i.e., ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
“But they gave”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“and repaired”
H2388to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“therewith the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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