2 Kings 22:5

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.] Ad instauranda sarta tecta templi. {a}

{a} Tigurin.

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.

22:5-7 Josiah’s instructions to Shaphan were similar to those given by Joash for restoring the Temple during his reign (12:10-15).

Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

From the time of Joash for the space of 244 years, the Temple remained without reparation through the negligence of the priests, this declareth, that they that have a charge and execute it not, ought to have it taken from them.

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

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’.

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.

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, Ch2 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 Kg2 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.

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

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.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Overseers, or undertakers. (Grotius) --- People of the great respectability were selected, so that no reckoning with them was requisite, ver. 7. (Haydock) --- They were thus encouraged to do the work with greater perfection. (Calmet)

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

The oversight of the house of the Lord, i.e. the care and oversight of the workmen; which also were Levites, 2Ch 34:12.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

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.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the Lord. The "doers that have the oversight" are not the actual workmen, but the superintendents or overseers of the workmen, who hired them, looked after them, and paid them. And let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the Lord let the overseers, i.e. , give out the money to the actual workmen, the carpenters, etc., of the next verseto repair the breaches of the house; rather, the dilapidation of the house. It is not implied that any violence had been used, such as is required to make a "breach." The "house" had simply been allowed to fall into disrepair.

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