2 Chronicles 34:11

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.