Albert Barnes Commentary


Albert Barnes Commentary
"and let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen that have the oversight of the house of Jehovah; and let them give it to the workmen that are in the house of Jehovah, to repair the breaches of the house," — 2 Kings 22:5 (ASV)
See the marginal reference. The “doers” in the first part of the verse are the contractors or overseers who undertook the general supervision. They are to be distinguished from a lower class of “doers”—the actual laborers, carpenters, and masons in the latter portion of the verse.
The phrase which is in the house of the Lord should be read as “who are,” as it refers to the people who were actually employed in the temple.