2 Chronicles 2:8

2 Chronicles 2:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
• New International Version (NIV)“Send me also cedar, juniper and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants are skilled in cutting timber there. My servants will work with yours
• English Standard Version (ESV)Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon. And my servants will be with your servants,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Also send me cedar and cypress and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and indeed my servants will be with your servants,

Context of 2 Chronicles 2:8

6But who is able to build a temple for him, since even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain him? Who am I then that I should build a temple for him except as a place to burn incense before him? 7Therefore, send me an artisan who is skilled in engraving to work with gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and with purple, crimson, and blue yarn. He will work with the artisans who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, appointed by my father David. Also, send me cedar, cypress, and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut the trees of Lebanon. Note that my servants will be with your servants 9to prepare logs for me in abundance because the temple I am building will be great and wondrous. 10I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the trees, one hundred twenty thousand bushels of wheat flour, one hundred twenty thousand bushels of barley, one hundred twenty thousand gallons of wine, and one hundred twenty thousand gallons of oil.

2 Chronicles 2:8 word by word

וּֽשְׁלַֽח־לִי֩ עֲצֵ֨י אֲרָזִ֜ים בְּרוֹשִׁ֣ים וְאַלְגּוּמִּים֮ מֵֽהַלְּבָנוֹן֒ כִּ֚י אֲנִ֣י יָדַ֔עְתִּי אֲשֶׁ֤ר עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ יֽוֹדְעִ֔ים לִכְר֖וֹת עֲצֵ֣י לְבָנ֑וֹן וְהִנֵּ֥ה עֲבָדַ֖י עִם־עֲבָדֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• me also cedarאֶ֫רֶז'erez · cedarH730
• treesעֵץ‛êts · tree: woodH6086
• fir treesבְּרוֹשׁberôsh · cypressH1265
• and algum treesאַלְגּוּמִּים'algûmmîym · algumH418
• out of Lebanonלְבָנוֹןlebânôn · LebanonH3844
• for I knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• that thy servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• to cutכָּרַתkârath · to cut: cutH3772

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 2:8

• 1 Kings 5:6“Therefore, command that cedars from Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants’ wages according to whatever you say, for you know that not a man among us knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”
• 1 Kings 10:11In addition, Hiram’s fleet that carried gold from Ophir brought from Ophir a large quantity of almug wood and precious stones.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 2:8

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8The cedar, known as Cedrus libani or "cedar of Lebanon," is famous for its beauty, height (up to 100 feet), and fragrant wood. Kings from Egypt, Phoenicia, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, and Greece used cedar wood from Lebanon to build temples and palaces. Algum logs was used to make supports for the Temple, possibly pillars or railings, as well as musical instruments (see 1 Kings 10:11). Although often mentioned in ancient texts, the exact type of this hard…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Send me ... cedar trees, &c.--The cedar and cypress were valued as being both rare and durable; the algum or almug trees (likewise a foreign wood), though not found on Lebanon, are mentioned as being procured through Huram (see on 1Ki 10:11).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 2:8

• Algum
• Hiram
• Lebanon
• Tyre

In the dictionaries

• Lebanon
• Algum
• Almug
• Cut
• Graving
• Solomon
• Almug; Algum
• Music
• Silver
• Temple

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