2 Kings 22:5

And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work,

that have the oversight of the house of the Lord,.... That were overseers of the workmen, whose names are mentioned, Ch2 34:12 into…

See the marginal reference. The “doers” of the first part of the verse are the contractors, or overseers, who undertook the general superintendence; they are to be distinguished from a lower class of…

Concerning Josiah we are here told,

I. That he was very young when he began to reign (Kg2 22:1), only eight years old. Solomon says, Woe unto thee, O land! when thy king is a child; but happy art…

into the hand of the doers of the work R.V. of the workmen. Two sets of people are here both called -doers of the work" (R.V. workmen), first, those who have the oversight, whom we should now call…