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

7Send 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. 8Send 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. 10I 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.” 11Then 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.”

2 Chronicles 2:9 word by word

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

• to prepareכּוּןkûn · to establish: prepareH3559
• timberעֵץ‛êts · tree: woodH6086
• in abundanceרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230
• becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
• the templeבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• Iאֲנִי'ănîy · IH589
• am buildingבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• will be greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• and wonderfulפָּלָאpâlâ' · to wonderH6381

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 2:9

• 2 Chronicles 2:5The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
• 2 Chronicles 7:21And 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?’
• 1 Kings 9:8And 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?’

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