to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful. 10 Now behold, (A)I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, 20,000 [a]kors of crushed wheat and 20,000 [b]kors of barley, and 20,000 baths of wine and 20,000 baths of oil.”

Huram to Assist

11 Then Huram, king of Tyre, [c]answered in a letter sent to Solomon: “(B)Because the Lord loves His people, He has made you king over them.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 2:10 I.e. One kor equals approx 10 bu
  2. 2 Chronicles 2:10 I.e. One kor equals approx 10 bu
  3. 2 Chronicles 2:11 Lit said...and he sent

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[a] of ground wheat, twenty thousand cors[b] of barley, twenty thousand baths[c] of wine and twenty thousand baths of olive oil.(A)

11 Hiram king of Tyre replied by letter to Solomon:

“Because the Lord loves(B) his people, he has made you their king.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 2:10 That is, probably about 3,600 tons or about 3,200 metric tons of wheat
  2. 2 Chronicles 2:10 That is, probably about 3,000 tons or about 2,700 metric tons of barley
  3. 2 Chronicles 2:10 That is, about 120,000 gallons or about 440,000 liters