1 Kings 5:9 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 5:9

My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away. And in exchange, you can meet my needs by providing my household with food.”

BSB

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ASV

My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and thou shalt receive them; and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.

KJV

My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

See the marginal reference. The timber was first carried westward from the flanks of Lebanon to the nearest part of the coast, where it was collected into floats, or rafts, which were then conveyed southward along the coast to Joppa, now Jaffa, from where the land journey to Jerusalem was not more than about forty miles. A similar course was taken on the building of the second temple Ezr 3:

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עֲ֠בָדַי	'A.va.dai	servants my	H5650 →
יֹרִ֨דוּ	yo.Ri.du	they will bring [them] down	H3381 →
מִן־	min-	from	H4480 →
הַלְּבָנ֜וֹן	ha.le.va.Non	<the> Lebanon	H3844 →
יָ֗מָּה	Ya.mah	[the] sea towards	H3220 →
וַ֠אֲנִי	Va.'a.ni	and I	H589 →
אֲשִׂימֵ֨ם	'a.si.Mem	I will make them	H7760 →
דֹּבְר֤וֹת	doe.Rot	rafts	H1702 →
בַּיָּם֙	bai.Yam	on the sea	H3220 →
עַֽד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
הַמָּק֞וֹם	ha.ma.Kom	the place	H4725 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
תִּשְׁלַ֥ח	tish.Lach	you will send	H7971 →
אֵלַ֛י	'e.Lai	to me	H413 →
וְנִפַּצְתִּ֥ים	ve.ni.patz.Tim	and I will break up them	H5310 →
שָׁ֖ם	sham	there	H8033 →
וְאַתָּ֣ה	ve.'a.Tah	and you	H859 →
תִשָּׂ֑א	ti.Sa'	you will carry [them] away	H5375 →
וְאַתָּה֙	ve.'a.Tah	and you	H859 →
תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה	ta.'a.Seh	you will do	H6213 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
חֶפְצִ֔י	chef.Tzi	desire my	H2656 →
לָתֵ֖ת	la.Tet	by giving	H5414 →
לֶ֥חֶם	Le.chem	[the] food of	H3899 →
בֵּיתִֽי׃	bei.Ti	household my	H1004 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 12:20
Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their…
leads to
- Ezra 3:7
  They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by…
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 11:21–22
  “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
- Ezekiel 27:17
  Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith, cakes and honey, oil and balm for your merchandise.
Through
Ezra 3:7
They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by…
leads to
- Acts 12:20
  Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Kings 5:6
  Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there…
Through
Ezekiel 27:17
Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith, cakes and honey, oil and balm for your merchandise.
leads to
- Judges 11:33
  With a great blow he devastated twenty cities from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as Abel-keramim. So the Ammonites were subdued before the Israelites.
Through
2 Chronicles 2:16
We will cut logs from Lebanon, as many as you need, and we will float them to you as rafts by sea down to Joppa. Then you can take them up to Jerusalem.”
leads to
- Joshua 19:46
  Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, including the territory across from Joppa.
- 1 Kings 5:8–9
  Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying: “I have received your message; I will do all you desire regarding the cedar and cypress timber.

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