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

7“Send me a man who has the skill to work with gold, silver, bronze, and iron as well as purple, dark red, and violet cloth. He should know how to make engravings with the skilled men whom my father David provided for me in Judah and Jerusalem. 8Send me cedar, cypress, and sandalwood from Lebanon. I know that your servants are skilled Lebanese lumberjacks. My workers will work with your workers. They’ll prepare plenty of lumber for me, because the temple I want to build will be large and astonishing. 10I will give your lumberjacks 120,000 bushels of ground wheat, 120,000 bushels of barley, 200,000 gallons of wine, and 200,000 gallons of olive oil.” 11Then King Huram of Tyre responded to Solomon by sending a letter that said, “Because the Lord loves his people, he made you their king.”

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 temple I am building will be great because our God is greater than all other gods.
• 2 Chronicles 7:21Everyone passing by this impressive temple will be appalled. They will ask, ‘Why did the Lord do these things to this land and this temple?’
• 1 Kings 9:8Everyone passing by this temple, as impressive as it is, will be appalled. They will gasp and ask, ‘Why did the Lord do these things to this land and 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