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 now therefore a man skilful to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that hath skill to engrave with the skilful men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father provided. 8Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants have skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful. 10And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. 11Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.

2 Chronicles 2:9 word by word

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

• prepareכּוּןkûn · to establish: prepareH3559
• timberעֵץ‛êts · tree: woodH6086
• abundanceרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• buildבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• wonderfulפָּלָאpâlâ' · to wonderH6381

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 2:9

• 2 Chronicles 2:5And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
• 2 Chronicles 7:21And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus to this land, and to this house?
• 1 Kings 9:8And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus 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