2 Chronicles 2:15

15 "Go ahead and send the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine you promised for my work crews.

2 Chronicles 2:15 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 2:15

Now therefore, the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the
wine, which my lord hath spoken of
In his letter to him, ( 2 Chronicles 2:10 ) as for the phrase "my lord", which some think is used, because Hiram was tributary to Solomon, it may only be a respectful way of speaking:

let him send unto his servants;
Hiram accepted thereof as a proper reward for the work of his servants.

2 Chronicles 2:15 In-Context

13 I've sent you Huram-Abi - he's already on his way - he knows the construction business inside and out.

14 His mother is from Dan and his father from Tyre. He knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, in purple, violet, linen, and crimson textiles; he is also an expert engraver and competent to work out designs with your artists and architects, and those of my master David, your father.

15 "Go ahead and send the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine you promised for my work crews.

16 We'll log the trees you need from the Lebanon forests and raft them down to Joppa. You'll have to get the timber up to Jerusalem yourself."

17 Solomon then took a census of all the foreigners living in Israel, using the same census-taking method employed by his father. They numbered 153,600.