2 Chronicles 2:10

10 I will give your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, twenty thousand cors^[a] of ground wheat, twenty thousand cors^[b] of barley, twenty thousand baths^[c] of wine and twenty thousand baths of olive oil.”

2 Chronicles 2:10 in Other Translations

10 And, 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.

10 I will give for your servants, the woodsmen who cut timber, 20,000 cors of crushed wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 20,000 baths of wine, and 20,000 baths of oil."

10 In payment for your woodcutters, I will send 100,000 bushels of crushed wheat, 100,000 bushels of barley, 110,000 gallons of wine, and 110,000 gallons of olive oil. ”

10 I'll provide all the food necessary for your crew of lumberjacks and loggers: 130,000 bushels of wheat, 120,000 gallons of wine, and 120,000 gallons of olive oil."

10 And, 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.

10 I 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."

10 I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the trees, 100,000 bushels of wheat flour, 100,000 bushels of barley, 110,000 gallons of wine, and 110,000 gallons of oil.

10 "I'll pay your servants. They will cut the wood. I'll pay them 125,000 bushels of wheat that has been ground up. I'll pay them 125,000 bushels of barley. I'll also pay them 115,000 gallons of wine and 115,000 gallons of olive oil."

2 Chronicles 2:10 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 2:10

Behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut
timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat
Meaning, not what was beaten out of the husk with the flail, as some; nor bruised or half broke for pottage, as others; but ground into flour, as R. Jonah ^F4 interprets it; or rather, perhaps, it should be rendered "food" ^F5 that is, for his household, as in ( 1 Kings 5:11 ) , and the hire of these servants is proposed to be given in this way, because wheat was scarce with the Tyrians, and they were obliged to have it from the Jews, ( Acts 12:20 ) ( Ezekiel 27:17 ) ,

and twenty thousand measures of barley;
the measures of both these were the cor, of which see ( 1 Kings 5:11 ) ,

and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of
oil;
which measure was the tenth part of a "cor". According to the Ethiopians, a man might consume four of these measures in the space of a month ^F6.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Apud Kimchium in loc.
F5 So Kimchi, (tkm) "pro" (tlkm) "ineuria librariorum", Schindler, Lex. Pentaglott. col. 73.
F6 Ludolf. Lexic. Ethiop. p. 197.

2 Chronicles 2:10 In-Context

8 “Send me also cedar, juniper and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants are skilled in cutting timber there. My servants will work with yours

9 to provide me with plenty of lumber, because the temple I build must be large and magnificent.

10 I will give your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, twenty thousand cors of ground wheat, twenty thousand cors of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine and twenty thousand baths of olive oil.”

11 Hiram king of Tyre replied by letter to Solomon: “Because the LORD loves his people, he has made you their king.”

12 And Hiram added: “Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth! He has given King David a wise son, endowed with intelligence and discernment, who will build a temple for the LORD and a palace for himself.

Cross References

• 1. Ezra 3:7

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, probably about 3,600 tons or about 3,200 metric tons of wheat
• [b]. That is, probably about 3,000 tons or about 2,700 metric tons of barley
• [c]. That is, about 120,000 gallons or about 440,000 liters