2 Chronicles 34:10

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) 2 Chronicles 34:10 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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They delivered it into the hand of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of Yahweh; and the workmen who labored in the house of Yahweh gave it to mend and repair the house;
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  • 1 hapax legomenon — only here in the Hebrew Bible
  • 1 first appearance in the Hebrew Bible
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    They delivered it into the hand of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of Yahweh; and the workmen who labored in the house of Yahweh gave it to mend and repair the house;
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And they gave to the hand of the doer of the work, the ones appointed over the house of Yahweh. And they gave it to the doers of the work who were working on the house of Yahweh to repair and to make strong the house.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    They delivered it into the hand of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of Yahweh; and the workmen who labored in the house of Yahweh gave it to mend and repair the house;
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    They put it into the hands of the supervisors of those doing the work of the house of the LORD, who in turn gave it to the workmen restoring and repairing the house of the LORD.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    They put it into the hands of those supervising the work in the house of the LORD, who in turn gave it to the workmen restoring and repairing the house of the LORD.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    And they delivered it into the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of Jehovah; and the workmen that wrought in the house of Jehovah gave it to mend and repair the house;
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    And they delivered it into the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD; and the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD gave it to amend and repair the house;
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And they put it in the hands of them that should doe the worke and had the ouersight in the house of the Lord: and they gaue it to the workemen that wrought in the house of ye Lord, to repaire and amend the house.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    Which they delivered into the hands of them that were over the workmen in the house of the Lord, to repair the temple, and mend all that was weak.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    and they give `it' into the hand of the workmen, those appointed over the house of Jehovah, and they give it `to' the workmen who are working in the house of Jehovah, to repair and to strengthen the house;
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and they give [it] into the hand of the workmen, those appointed over the house of YHWH, and they give it [to] the workmen who are working in the house of YHWH, to repair and to strengthen the house;
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    They entrusted the money to the men who supervised the work on the temple of Yahweh. These men paid the workers who repaired and restored the temple.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And they gave to the hand of the doer of the work, the ones appointed over the house of Yahweh. And they gave it to the doers of the work who were working on the house of Yahweh to repair and to make strong the house.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    And they gave [it] into the hand of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of Jehovah; and they gave it to the workmen who wrought in the house of Jehovah to reinstate and repair the house:
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    They delivered it into the hands of the workmen who had the oversight of the LORD’s house; and the workmen who labored in the LORD’s house gave it to mend and repair the house.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and mend the house:
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    They handed it over to those who were supervising the repair work on Lord's Temple, who in turn paid the workmen doing the restoring and repairing.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And they gave it to the overseers of the work of the Lord's house, and the overseers gave it to the workmen working in the house, for building it up and making good what was damaged;
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    And they delivered it into the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD; and the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD gave it to mend and repair the house;

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לִבְדּ֥וֹק
bâdaq
H918
“to mend”
Preposition + Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct
Part of Speech
Preposition + Verb
Stem
Qal
Form
Infinitive Construct
Full BDB Definition

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT: 204

(Qal) to mend, repair (a building)
  1. וַֽיִּתְּנ֗וּ nâthan H5414 “and · to give” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
  2. עַל ʻal H5921 “upon” Preposition
  3. יַד֙ yâd H3027 “hand of” Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Construct
  4. עֹשֵׂ֣ה ʻâsâh H6213 “doing” Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  5. הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה mᵉlâʼkâh H4399 “the · work” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  6. הַמֻּפְקָדִ֖ים pâqad H6485 “the · visited” Particle, Definite Article + Verb, Hophal, Participle Passive, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  7. בְּבֵ֣ית bayith H1004 “in/at · house of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  8. יְהוָ֑ה Yᵉhôvâh H3068 “LORD” Noun, Proper
  9. וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ nâthan H5414 “and · to give” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
  10. אֹת֜וֹ ʼêth H853 “- · him” Particle, Direct Object + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  11. עוֹשֵׂ֣י ʻâsâh H6213 “doing” Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  12. הַמְּלָאכָ֗ה mᵉlâʼkâh H4399 “the · work” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  13. אֲשֶׁ֤ר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  14. עֹשִׂים֙ ʻâsâh H6213 “doing” Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  15. בְּבֵ֣ית bayith H1004 “in/at · house of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  16. יְהוָ֔ה Yᵉhôvâh H3068 “LORD” Noun, Proper
  17. וּלְחַזֵּ֖ק châzaq H2388 “and · to strengthen” Conjunction + Preposition + Verb, Piel, Infinitive Construct
  18. הַבָּֽיִת bayith H1004 “the · house” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute

About this verse

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19
words
12
distinct lemmas
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section

Notable vocabulary

1 hapax legomenon — a word that appears only here in the entire Hebrew Bible:

  • לִבְדּ֥וֹק to mend H918

First appearance in Scripture

This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Hebrew Bible here:

  • לִבְדּ֥וֹק to mend H918

Grammatical profile

  • 8 verbs
  • 8 nouns
  • 1 preposition
  • 2 particles

Verb forms

  • וַֽיִּתְּנ֗וּ Qal · Sequential Imperfect
  • עֹשֵׂ֣ה Qal · Participle Active
  • הַמֻּפְקָדִ֖ים Hophal · Participle Passive
  • וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ Qal · Sequential Imperfect
  • עוֹשֵׂ֣י Qal · Participle Active
  • עֹשִׂים֙ Qal · Participle Active
  • לִבְדּ֥וֹק Qal · Infinitive Construct
  • וּלְחַזֵּ֖ק Piel · Infinitive Construct

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • עֹשֵׂ֣ה to do H6213 ×3
  • בְּבֵ֣ית house H1004 ×3
  • וַֽיִּתְּנ֗וּ to give H5414 ×2
  • הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה work H4399 ×2
  • יְהוָ֑ה LORD H3068 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 36 words from the Hebrew and 40 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 19 Hebrew tokens and 28 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to 2 Chronicles 34:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • 2 Kings 12:11–12 They gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of those who did the work, who had the oversight of the house of Yahweh: and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders, who worked on the house of Yahweh,
  • 2 Kings 12:14 for they gave that to those who did the work, and repaired therewith the house of Yahweh.
  • 2 Kings 22:5–6 and let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of Yahweh; and let them give it to the workmen who are in the house of Yahweh, to repair the breaches of the house,
  • Ezra 3:7 They gave money also to the masons, and to the carpenters; and food, and drink, and oil, to them of Sidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew 2 Chronicles 34:10 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַֽיִּתְּנ֗וּ עַל יַד֙ עֹשֵׂ֣ה הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה הַמֻּפְקָדִ֖ים בְּבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ אֹת֜וֹ עוֹשֵׂ֣י הַמְּלָאכָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר עֹשִׂים֙ בְּבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה לִבְדּ֥וֹק וּלְחַזֵּ֖ק הַבָּֽיִת

They delivered it into the hand of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of Yahweh; and the workmen who labored in the house of Yahweh gave it to mend and repair the house;

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 2 Chronicles 34:10 Septuagint · lemma form

καί δίδωμι αὐτός ἐπί χείρ ποιέω ὁ ἔργον ὁ καταἵστημι ἐν οἶκος κύριος καί δίδωμι αὐτός ποιέω ὁ ἔργον ὅς ποιέω ἐν οἶκος κύριος ἐπισκευάζω καταἰσχύω ὁ οἶκος

And they gave it into the hand of the workmen, who were appointed in the house of the Lord, and they gave it to the workmen who wrought in the house of the Lord, to repair and strengthen the house.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

On this verse, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers discusses the Septuagint’s reading. Read the note in Commentary ↓

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Commentary

Notes on 2 Chronicles 34:10 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

2Ch 34:10 And they put [it] in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:

Ver. 10. And they put it in the hand.] See on 2Ki 22:5.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

Meaning Shaphan, etc.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(10) Put it in.—Gave it into.

The workmen.—The doers of the work, i.e., the overseers or contractors. See Note on 2Ch_24:12.

And they gave it to the workmen . . . the house.—So LXX. and Syriac. The Hebrew text says, and the doers of the work who were working in thehouse of Jehovah gave it for restoring and repairing the house. To whom the masters gave it is stated in next verse.

To repair.—Libdôq, here only. The term is so used in Syriac. The original form of the verse is 2Ki_22:5, where “the doers of the work” are first the masters, and then the men.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

10. put it in] R.V. delivered it into.

and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD] R.V. and the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD gave it. The “workmen” are distinguished from the “carpenters and builders” (2Ch_34:11); overseers of some kind are meant. To oversee the work and to do the work are used as synonymous phrases in 1Ch_23:4 and ibid. 1Ch_23:24.

to repair and mend] R.V. to amend and repair. “To amend” is to fill up a breach.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

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.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

The Pulpit Commentary

And they put it; i.e. Shaphan and colleagues, according to the parallel.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

They entrusted

The word "they" refers to the men that Josiah had sent to Hilkiah the high priest. They first gave the money to him and then he distributed it to the men who supervised the building. AT: "Then Hilkiah entrusted" (See: Metonymy)

the money

This refers to some on the money that was entrusted to Hilkiah. AT: "some of the money" (See: Synecdoche)

carpenters

workers who build with wood

braces

pieces used to connect large beams

had let fall apart

"had allowed to rot"

translationWords

works

temple

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

to mend and repair - Heb. לִבְדוֹק. (Gen 42:9): “to see the nakedness (עֶרְוַת) of the land,” is translated into Aramaic as “to see the crack (בִּדְקָא)” of the land.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.

Lesson kit

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2 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 19 words (12 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is bâdaq (“to mend”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. The word bâdaq carries the sense “to mend.” How does it shape the verse?
  2. This verse holds 1 word here found nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible. What might the rare word draw attention to?
  3. The word “to mend” first appears here in Scripture. What is being introduced at this debut?
  4. 2 Kings 12:11–12 shares this passage’s theme. How do the two illuminate each other?
  5. “to do” occurs 3× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
  6. These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
  7. The verb «וַֽיִּתְּנ֗וּ» is Qal Sequential Imperfect. How does its form color the action?
  8. Reading how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Geneva Bible (1599) read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

  • 1 word in this verse appears nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible.
  • 1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
  • This verse counts 19 Hebrew ↔ 28 Greek words.
  • These translations choose different wording for 22 words in this verse.
  • “to do” occurs 3× in this single verse.

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