2 Chronicles 2:9

9 to prepare plenty of timber for me, because the temple that I am about to build will be magnificent and amazing.

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 a craftsman skilled in gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as in purple, crimson, and violet yarn—someone also experienced as an engraver. He will work with my craftsmen in Judah and Jerusalem who were provided by my father David.

8 Also send me cedar, cypress, and sandalwood logs from Lebanon. I know your servants know how to cut Lebanese timber, so my servants will work with your servants

9 to prepare plenty of timber for me, because the temple that I am about to build will be magnificent and amazing.

10 I will pay the woodcutters twenty thousand kors of crushed wheat, twenty thousand kors of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of olive oil.

11 Tyre's King Huram replied in a letter that he sent to Solomon: The LORD must love his people Israel because he has made you their king!