Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Chronicles 34:11

"even to the carpenters and to the builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed." — 2 Chronicles 34:11 (ASV)

Even to ... builders. — And they gave it to the craftsmen and to the builders.

For couplings. — For the couplings or girders; an explanation added by the chronicler.

And to floor ... destroyed. — Kings, to repair the house. The reference to the defacement of the Temple buildings by idolatrous kings may be compared with the similar notice concerning Athaliah’s sons, 2 Chronicles 24:7, and Ahaz, 2 Chronicles 28:24. Perhaps, however, the expression “destroyed” does not mean more than “allowed to go to ruin.”

To floor. — To rafter, or joist. (See margin.)

The houses. — The chambers.