2 Kings 22:5 Meaning and Explanation
“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,”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The silver is to be handed to the workmen overseeing the temple so they can repair its broken places.
What Does 2 Kings 22:5 Mean?
The instruction continues: the counted money is to pass to those supervising the labor, who will pay the workers mending the temple. The house of the LORD had fallen into disrepair under earlier kings, and Josiah means to restore what had been let go to ruin.
To repair the breaches is to mend what neglect had broken. There is a pattern here that runs through Scripture: where God's house has been allowed to crumble, faithful hearts rise to rebuild. The same God who restores stone and timber longs to restore His people, repairing the broken places in every life given back to Him.
2 Kings 22:5 in the Original Language
bedeq (בֶּדֶק), 'breaches' -- cracks or fissures needing repair, the damage of long neglect.
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What does 2 Kings 22:5 mean?
The silver is to be handed to the workmen overseeing the temple so they can repair its broken places.