To such as did the work of the service of the house of the Lord. — Heb., to the doer (‘ôséh) perhaps in a collective sense. Here, as in 1 Chronicles 23:24, some MSS., and LXX., Syriac, and Vulgate, read the plural (‘ôsê). So also the Arabic and Targum here. Those who had charge of the building, probably certain Levitical “inspectors of works,” are meant. Vulg.: “Qui præërant operibus domus.” Comp. 2 Kings 12:11 : “into the hand of the doers of the work, who were charged with the house of the Lord.”
And hired. — Rather, and they (i.e., the superintendents of works) were (from time to time) hiring masons (hewers) and carpenters. (See 1 Chronicles 22:15.)
To mend — i.e., to repair (2 Chronicles 24:4).
The chronicler has abridged here considerably. (Comp. 2 Kings 12:12.)