Context 9to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful. 10Now behold, I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, 20,000 kors of crushed wheat and 20,000 kors of barley, and 20,000 baths of wine and 20,000 baths of oil. Huram to Assist 11Then Huram, king of Tyre, answered in a letter sent to Solomon: Because the LORD loves His people, He has made you king over them. 12Then Huram continued, Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, who will build a house for the LORD and a royal palace for himself. 13Now I am sending Huram-abi, a skilled man, endowed with understanding, 14the son of a Danite woman and a Tyrian father, who knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone and wood, and in purple, violet, linen and crimson fabrics, and who knows how to make all kinds of engravings and to execute any design which may be assigned to him, to work with your skilled men and with those of my lord David your father. 15Now then, let my lord send to his servants wheat and barley, oil and wine, of which he has spoken. 16We will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon and bring it to you on rafts by sea to Joppa, so that you may carry it up to Jerusalem. 17Solomon numbered all the aliens who were in the land of Israel, following the census which his father David had taken; and 153,600 were found. 18He appointed 70,000 of them to carry loads and 80,000 to quarry stones in the mountains and 3,600 supervisors to make the people work. Parallel Verses American Standard Versioneven to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful. Douay-Rheims Bible To provide me timber in abundance. For the house which I desire to build, is to be exceeding great, and glorious. Darby Bible Translation even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house that I build shall be great and wonderful. English Revised Version even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great. Webster's Bible Translation Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderfully great. World English Bible even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful. Young's Literal Translation even to prepare for me trees in abundance, for the house that I am building is great and wonderful. Library Hiram, the Inspired ArtificerBY REV. W. J. TOWNSEND, D.D. The Temple of Solomon was the crown of art in the old world. There were temples on a larger scale, and of more massive construction, but the enormous masses of masonry of the oldest nations were not comparable with the artistic grace, the luxurious adornments, and the harmonious proportions of this glorious House of God. David had laid up money and material for the great work, but he was not permitted to carry it out. He was a man of war, and blood-stained hands were … George Milligan—Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known The Temple and Its Dedication Results of Transgression Chronicles Links 2 Chronicles 2:9 NIV • 2 Chronicles 2:9 NLT • 2 Chronicles 2:9 ESV • 2 Chronicles 2:9 NASB • 2 Chronicles 2:9 KJV • 2 Chronicles 2:9 Bible Apps • 2 Chronicles 2:9 Parallel • Bible Hub |