Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 22:5
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,
5. into the hand of the doers of the work ] R.V. of the workmen. Two sets of people are here both called ‘doers of the work’ (R.V. workmen), first, those who have the oversight, whom we should now call perhaps ‘contractors’ or ‘architects’: and secondly, the actual artificers, carpenters, &c. The former received the money in gross, and paid it out for wages to the several classes of workmen. So R.V. also translates the close of this verse ‘to the workmen which are in the house of the Lord’.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
See the marginal reference. The doers of the first part of the verse are the contractors, or overseers, who undertook the general superintendence; they are to be distinguished from a lower class of doers, the actual laborers, carpenters, and masons of the latter portion of the verse.
Which is in the house of the Lord – Rather, who are, etc.; i. e., the persons who were actually employed in the temple.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
The oversight of the house of the Lord, i.e. the care and oversight of the workmen; which also were Levites, 2Ch 34:12.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work,
that have the oversight of the house of the Lord,…. That were overseers of the workmen, whose names are mentioned, 2Ch 34:12 into their hands the money was to be delivered by the high priest, when he had taken the account of it, and perhaps along with the king’s scribe, see 2Ki 12:10,
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 as their wages for their work; it seems it had not been repaired from the times of Jehoash, a space of two hundred and eighteen years, according to the Jewish chronology m; but Kimchi and Abarbinel make it two hundred and twenty four.
m Seder Olam Rabba, c. 24. p. 67.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
5. The doers of the work All that laboured in repairing the temple, both masters or superintendents and under-workmen. The former are designated as those that have the oversight of the house; the latter, those who are in the house of the Lord. This is more clearly stated in 2Ch 34:10-13, where also the names of the masters or overseers are given.
To repair the house For since the time of Jehoash no repairing had been done, and the temple had suffered repeated spoliation. Comp. 2Ki 14:14; 2Ki 16:8; 2Ki 16:17-18; 2Ki 18:15-16.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2Ki 22:5 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,
Ver. 5. Into the hands of the doers of the work. ] So both the overseers and the workmen are called.
To repair the breaches.
a Tigurin.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
of the doers. These were the overseers. to the doers. These were the labourers.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
deliver: 2Ki 12:11-14
to repair: 2Ki 12:5, 2Ch 24:7, 2Ch 24:12, 2Ch 24:13, 2Ch 24:27, Ezr 3:7
Reciprocal: 2Ch 34:9 – they delivered 2Ch 34:10 – in the hand
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
22:5 And let {c} 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,
(c) From the time of Joash for the space of 244 years, the temple remained without repairs through the negligence of the priests. This shows that they who have a charge and do not execute it should have it taken from them.