Lìdaìzhìxià 2:10

10 Nǐde púrén kǎn fá shùmù , wǒ bì gĕi tāmen dá hǎo le de xiǎomaì èr wàn gē Ěr , dàmaì èr wàn gē Ěr , jiǔ èr wàn bā tè , yóu èr wàn bā tè .

Lìdaìzhìxià 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.

Lìdaìzhìxià 2:10 In-Context

8 Yòu qiú nǐ cóng Lìbānèn yùn xiē xiāng bǎi mù , sōng mù , tán xiāng mù dào wǒ zhèlǐ lái , yīn wǒ zhīdào nǐde púrén shàn yú kǎn fá Lìbānèn de shùmù . wǒde púrén yĕ bì yǔ nǐde púrén tóng gōng .

9 Zhèyàng , kĕyǐ gĕi wǒ yùbeì xǔduō de mù liào , yīn wǒ yào jiànzào de diàn yǔ gāo dà chū qí .

10 Nǐde púrén kǎn fá shùmù , wǒ bì gĕi tāmen dá hǎo le de xiǎomaì èr wàn gē Ěr , dàmaì èr wàn gē Ěr , jiǔ èr wàn bā tè , yóu èr wàn bā tè .

11 Tuīluó wáng Xīlán xiĕ xìn huídá Suǒluómén shuō , Yēhéhuá yīnwei aì tāde zǐmín , suǒyǐ lì nǐ zuò tāmende wáng .

12 Yòu shuō , chuàngzào tiāndì de Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén shì yīngdāng chēngsòng de . tā cìgĕi Dàwèi wáng yī gè yǒu zhìhuì de érzi , shǐ tā yǒu móu lüè cōngming , kĕYǐwèi Yēhéhuá jiànzào diàn yǔ , yòu wèi zìjǐ de guó jiànzào gōng shì .