2 Chronicles 2:9

9 to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am about to build will be great and wonderful.

2 Chronicles 2:9 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 2:9

Even to prepare me timber in abundance
Since he would want a large quantity for raftering, cieling, wainscoting, and flooring the temple:

for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great;
as to its structure and ornaments.

2 Chronicles 2:9 In-Context

7 So now send me an artisan skilled to work in gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue fabrics, trained also in engraving, to join the skilled workers who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.
8 Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your servants are skilled in cutting Lebanon timber. My servants will work with your servants
9 to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
10 I will provide for your servants, those who cut the timber, twenty thousand cors of crushed wheat, twenty thousand cors of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil."
11 Then King Huram of Tyre answered in a letter that he sent to Solomon, "Because the Lord loves his people he has made you king over them."
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