34:11a They also gave money to the carpenters and builders

They also gave money to the carpenters and builders
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They gave some of the money to the people who worked with wood and with stone.

34:11b to buy dressed stone,

to buy stone that was ready to use
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These people used it to buy cut stones

34:11c as well as timbers for couplings and beams for the buildings

and wooden beams to build the buildings.
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and large pieces of wood for ⌊the walls and the roofs of⌋ the buildings.

34:11d that the kings of Judah had allowed to deteriorate.

The kings of Judah had not taken care of the temple buildings and they had broken.
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They had to repair these buildings because the kings of Judah had not taken care of them.

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