Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 34:11
Even to the artificers and builders gave they [it], to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
11. to the artificers and builders ] R.V. to the carpenters and to the builders.
to floor ] R.V. to make beams for.
the houses ] Cp. 1Ch 28:11.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The houses intended are either the chambers which surrounded the temple on three sides 1Ki 6:5, or out-buildings attached to the courts. The kings of Judah intended are, no doubt, Manasseh and Amon.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
To floor the houses, i.e. the chambers joining on the temple, or within the courts.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Even to the artificers and builders gave they it,…. To the masons and carpenters:
to buy hewn stone; to put in the room of that which was decayed or fallen down:
and timber for couplings; of boards, beams, and rafters:
and to floor the houses; the chambers, the apartments in the temple, which belonged to the priests and Levites:
which the kings of Judah had destroyed; the idolatrous ones, who had let them go to decay and ruin, taking no care of them.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(11) Even to . . . builders.And they gave it to the craftsmen and to the builders.
For couplings.For the couplings or girders; an explanation added by the chronicler.
And to floor . . . destroyed.Kings, to repair the house. The reference to the defacement of the Temple buildings by idolatrous kings may be compared with the similar notice concerning Athaliahs sons, 2Ch. 24:7, and Ahaz, 2Ch. 28:24. Perhaps, however, the expression destroyed does not mean more than allowed to go to ruin.
To floor.To rafter, or joist. (See margin.)
The houses.The chambers.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
11. To floor Margin, to rafter. Gesenius, to furnish with beams. Furst, to build up. Our version, to floor, probably expresses the sense as nearly as any. The houses which the kings of Judah (Amon and Manasseh) had destroyed are to be understood of the houses and chambers of the priests in the temple and its courts.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2Ch 34:11 Even to the artificers and builders gave they [it], to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
Ver. 11. Even to the artificeres, &c. ] See on 2Ki 22:6 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
floor: or, rafter
the kings: 2Ch 33:4-7, 2Ch 33:22
Reciprocal: Neh 13:5 – a great
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
34:11 Even to the artificers and builders gave they [it], to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the {f} houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
(f) For there were many portions and pieces annexed to the temple.