2 Chronicles 2:16

16 We will cut whatever timber you need from the Lebanon mountains and will float the logs in rafts down the coast of the Mediterranean Sea to Joppa. From there you can transport the logs up to Jerusalem.”

2 Chronicles 2:16 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 2:16

And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shall
need
Both cedar and fir, ( 1 Kings 5:8 1 Kings 5:10 ) ,

and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa;
a port in the Mediterranean sea, the same that Jonah went down to, (See Gill on 1 Kings 5:9),

and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem;
in land carriages, about forty miles off.

2 Chronicles 2:16 In-Context

14 His mother is from the tribe of Dan in Israel, and his father is from Tyre. He is skillful at making things from gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and he also works with stone and wood. He can work with purple, blue, and scarlet cloth and fine linen. He is also an engraver and can follow any design given to him. He will work with your craftsmen and those appointed by my lord David, your father.

15 “Send along the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine that my lord has mentioned.

16 We will cut whatever timber you need from the Lebanon mountains and will float the logs in rafts down the coast of the Mediterranean Sea to Joppa. From there you can transport the logs up to Jerusalem.”

17 Solomon took a census of all foreigners in the land of Israel, like the census his father had taken, and he counted 153,600.

18 He assigned 70,000 of them as common laborers, 80,000 as quarry workers in the hill country, and 3,600 as foremen.

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew the sea.