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2 Chronicles 2:9

7 Send me, therefore, a craftsman skilled in engraving to work with gold and silver, with bronze and iron, and with purple, crimson, and blue yarn. He will work with my craftsmen in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.

8 Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber there. And indeed, my servants will work with yours

to prepare for me timber in abundance, because the temple I am building will be great and wonderful.

10 I will pay your servants, the woodcutters, 20,000 cors of ground wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 20,000 baths of wine, and 20,000 baths of olive oil.”

11 Then Hiram king of Tyre wrote a letter in reply to Solomon: “Because the LORD loves His people, He has set you over them as king.”

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BSB
to prepare for me timber in abundance, because the temple I am building will be great and wonderful.
KJV
Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
WEB
even to prepare timber in abundance for me; for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
ASV
even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
DARBY
even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house that I build shall be great and wonderful.
BLB
to prepare for me trees in abundance, because the house that I am building [is] great and wonderful.
ÅB
så jeg kan få tre i mengdevis; for det hus jeg vil bygge, skal være stort og prektig.
OTB
for å forberede tømmer i overflod for meg,
for huset jeg planlegger å bygge skal være stort og vidunderlig.
B1930
så jeg kan få tre i mengdevis; for det hus jeg vil bygge, skal være stort og prektig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 7:21

    And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

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  • 1 Kings 9:8

    And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

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  • 2 Chronicles 2:5

    The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.

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