Tree of Life Version

2 Chronicles 34:17

17They have melted down the silver that was found in the House of Adonai and handed it over to the overseers and into the hand of the workmen.”

2 Chronicles 34:17 in other versions

King James Version (KJV)And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen.
New International Version (NIV)They have paid out the money that was in the temple of the Lord and have entrusted it to the supervisors and workers.”
English Standard Version (ESV)They have emptied out the money that was found in the house of the Lord and have given it into the hand of the overseers and the workmen."
New King James Version (NKJV)And they have gathered the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers and the workmen.”

Context of 2 Chronicles 34:17

15Hilkiah responded by telling Shaphan the scribe, “I have found a scroll of the Torah in the House of Adonai.” Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan. 16Then Shaphan brought the scroll to the king and moreover returned a report to the king, saying, “Your servants are doing everything that was committed to them. They have melted down the silver that was found in the House of Adonai and handed it over to the overseers and into the hand of the workmen.” 18Shaphan the scribe also said to the king, “Hilkiah the kohen has given me a scroll.” Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king. 19When the king heard the words of the Torah, he tore his clothes.

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2 Chronicles 34:17 word by word

וַיַּתִּ֕יכוּ אֶת־הַכֶּ֖סֶף הַנִּמְצָ֣א בְּבֵית־יְהוָ֑ה וַֽיִּתְּנ֗וּהוּ עַל־יַד֙ הַמֻּפְקָדִ֔ים וְעַל־יַ֖ד עוֹשֵׂ֥י הַמְּלָאכָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 34:17

2 Chronicles 34:8Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, after purging the land and the House, he sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the House of Adonai his God.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 34:17

Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-18Finding the Book of the Law of the LORD was a reward for being faithful. The book, likely written by Moses, was probably Deuteronomy. It may have been forgotten and lost during the unfaithful times of Manasseh or Amon.Read the comment