which the king and Jehoiada gave to them that were (the) sovereigns of the works of the house of the Lord. And they hired thereof cutters of stones, and craftsmen of all works, that they should repair the house of the Lord; also they hired smiths of iron, and of brass, that that thing should be underset, that began to fall, (or and they hired ironsmiths, and bronze-workers, so that what had begun to fall, or to fail, could be strengthened).