Lièwángjìshang 5:9

9 Wǒde púrén bìjiāng zhè mù liào cóng Lìbānèn yùn dào hǎi lǐ , zhá chéng fá zǐ , fú hǎi yùn dào nǐ suǒ zhǐ déng wǒde dìfang , zaì nàli chāi kāi , nǐ jiù kĕyǐ shōu qǔ , nǐ yĕ yào chéngquán wǒde xīnyuàn , jiāng shíwù gĕi wǒde jiā .

Lièwángjìshang 5:9 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 5:9

My servants shall bring [them] down from Lebanon unto the sea,
&c.] The Mediterranean sea, on which Tyre stood:

and I will convey them by sea in floats;
which were either a sort of carriage for the timber the Tyrians and Sidonians had, being furnished with various navigable vessels; or these were the timber itself, and the planks of it, which being fastened together, were set afloat under the direction of some boats with oars, of which they had plenty:

unto the place that thou shalt appoint me;
which was Joppa, as appears from ( 2 Chronicles 2:16 ) ; belonging to the land of Israel, in the same sea:

and will cause them to be discharged there;
either to be unloaded from the vessels, or to be unloosed and taken up separately:

and thou shalt receive [them];
by his servants appointed there to bring them to Jerusalem, which was forty miles from Joppa:

and thou shalt accomplish my desire in giving food for my household;
signifying, that all that he desired in return was, that he would supply him with corn or wheat, which he stood in need of, and his letter in Josephus ^F4 expresses; and we find in later times this place was supplied with bread corn from Judea, see ( Ezra 3:7 ) ( Ezekiel 27:17 ) ( Acts 12:20 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 8. c. 2. sect. 8.)

Lièwángjìshang 5:9 In-Context

7 Xīlán tīngjian Suǒluómén de huà , jiù shén xǐyuè , shuō , jīnrì yīngdāng chēngsòng Yēhéhuá . yīn tā cìgĕi Dàwèi yī gè yǒu zhìhuì de érzi , zhìlǐ zhè zhòngduō de mín .

8 Xīlán dǎfa rén qù jiàn Suǒluómén , shuō , nǐ chāiqiǎn rén xiàng wǒ suǒ tí de nà shì , wǒ dōu tīngjian le . lún dào xiāng bǎi mù hé sōng mù , wǒ bì zhào nǐde xīnyuàn ér xíng .

9 Wǒde púrén bìjiāng zhè mù liào cóng Lìbānèn yùn dào hǎi lǐ , zhá chéng fá zǐ , fú hǎi yùn dào nǐ suǒ zhǐ déng wǒde dìfang , zaì nàli chāi kāi , nǐ jiù kĕyǐ shōu qǔ , nǐ yĕ yào chéngquán wǒde xīnyuàn , jiāng shíwù gĕi wǒde jiā .

10 Yúshì Xīlán zhào zhe Suǒluómén suǒ yào de , gĕi tā xiāng bǎi mù hé sōng mù .

11 Suǒluómén gĕi Xīlán maìzi èr wàn gē Ěr , qīng yóu èr shí gē Ěr , zuò tā jiā de shíwù . Suǒluómén mĕi nián dōu shì zhèyàng gĕi Xīlán .