What Does 2 Chronicles 24:13 Mean in the King James?
So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The Hebrew word behind “perfected” carries the sense of restoration, while the house is also set back into its proper measure and made firm.
THE MEANING
The work before you receives restoration through the hands engaged in it. What is out of order can return to its proper measure and become firm. Completion, restored order, and strength appear as parts of one work.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that damage means something has lost its place forever: the house is repaired and strengthened, not discarded.
THE ROOT
אֲרוּכָה
arukah
GROWS FROM
ארך
ʾ-r-k
To be long; to lengthen.
“perfected” in this verse is arukah. The Hebrew word אֲרוּכָה (arukah, restoration or repair) belongs to the lengthening family ארך (ʾ-r-k, to be long or lengthen). The work’s completion carries a shade of recovery and restoration alongside finishing.
ALSO GROWS
orekh: Length
אֹרֶךְ
This related word makes the root’s sense of extension audible beneath the idea of repair.
he'erikh: To lengthen or prolong
הֶאֱרִיךְ
The same root can describe something being extended, giving restoration a shade of renewed continuance.
מַתְכֻּנְתּוֹ
matkunato
GROWS FROM
תכן
t-k-n
To weigh or measure; to set in due proportion.
“state” in this verse is matkunato. The house is set עַל מַתְכֻּנְתּוֹ (al matkunato, according to its measure or pattern). Restoration includes returning the house to the proportion proper to it before making it firm.
ALSO GROWS
matkonet: Measure or prescribed pattern
מַתְכֹּנֶת
This related form reveals that the house is established according to a measure, not merely left standing.
takan: To weigh or measure
תָּכַן
The root’s measuring sense makes “in his state” carry the added idea of being set in due proportion.
וַיְאַמְּצוּהוּ
vay'ammetzuhu
GROWS FROM
אמץ
ʾ-m-ṣ
To be strong; to make firm or strong.
“strengthened” in this verse is vay'ammetzuhu. The root used to make the house strong also describes a person being strong or courageous. In Hebrew, firmness can belong to a structure and to the people who work on it.
ALSO GROWS
ve'ematz: Be strong; be courageous
וֶאֱמָץ
The same root describes strength as a quality a person can embody, as in “be strong” in Joshua 1:6.
ammits: Mighty or strong
אַמִּיץ
This related form applies the root’s strength to a person or force, echoing the firmness given to the house.
THE PATTERN
Wholeness in a dwelling takes shape as coordinated hands bring its parts into their proper measure.
Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.THE THREAD
For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.The same Hebrew word אֲרוּכָה (arukah, restoration or health) appears in the promise to restore health. The shared word joins the house’s repair to a wounded person’s recovery: restoration rises where damage has been.
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