¹² Then the king and Jehoiada gave it to those in charge of the work on the Lord’s temple, who were hiring stonecutters and carpenters to renovate the Lord’s temple, also blacksmiths and coppersmiths to repair the Lord’s temple.^(A)

¹³ The workmen did their work, and through them the repairs progressed. They restored God’s temple to its specifications and reinforced it.