2 Chronicles 2:9

2 Chronicles 2:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
• New International Version (NIV)to provide me with plenty of lumber, because the temple I build must be large and magnificent.
• English Standard Version (ESV)to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am to build will be great and wonderful.
• New King James Version (NKJV)to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the temple which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.

Context of 2 Chronicles 2:9

7Now send me a man who is skilled to work in gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue fabrics, and who knows how to make engravings, to work with the skilled men who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided. 8Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum timber, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon. And indeed my servants will work with your servants to prepare for me an abundance of timber, because the house I am about to build will be great and wonderful. 10And I will give to your servants who cut timber, 20,000 measures of crushed wheat and 20,000 measures of barley, and 20,000 baths of wine and 20,000 baths of [olive] oil.” 11Then Hiram, king of Tyre replied in a letter sent to Solomon: “Because the Lord loves His people, He has made you king over them.”

2 Chronicles 2:9 word by word

וּלְהָכִ֥ין לִ֛י עֵצִ֖ים לָרֹ֑ב כִּ֥י הַבַּ֛יִת אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִ֥י בוֹנֶ֖ה גָּד֥וֹל וְהַפְלֵֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Even to prepareכּוּןkûn · to establish: prepareH3559
• me timberעֵץ‛êts · tree: woodH6086
• in abundanceרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230
• for the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• which I am about to buildבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• wonderfulפָּלָאpâlâ' · to wonderH6381
• greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 2:9

• 2 Chronicles 2:5The house I am going to build will be great, for our God is greater than all the gods.
• 2 Chronicles 7:21And as for this house, which was so exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and appalled and say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’
• 1 Kings 9:8This house (temple) will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by will be appalled and sneer and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this house?’

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 2:9

• Hiram
• Tyre

In the dictionaries

• Cut
• Graving
• Solomon
• Silver
• Temple
• Lebanon

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings