2 Chronicles 2:16
in 2 Chronicles 2We 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.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need; and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
KJV
And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 2
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shall need,.... Both cedar and fir, 1Ki 5:8, and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; a port in the Mediterranean sea, the same that Jonah went down to; see Gill on 1Ki 5:9, and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem; in land carriages, about forty miles off.
This site's exposition
a cunning man, endued with understanding
on 2 Chronicles 2:13-16
Huram sends a craftsman called Huram my father's, an honorific title rather than kinship, whose mother is of the daughters of Dan and whose father was a man of Tyre. The pairing recalls Bezaleel of Judah given the tabernacle's chief gift and Aholiab of Dan set beside him at Exodus 31:6, so that a craftsman of Dan's line again stands at the side of Judah's king for the greater house. Kings names the same man's mother of the tribe of Naphtali, a variance the commentators read as a mother married into Naphtali from a Danite family, and neither text is set aside for the other. The letter closes with the wheat, barley, oil and wine confirmed and the timber promised by raft to Joppa, some forty miles short of Jerusalem by land.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. 5 And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods. 6 But who is able to build him a house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
In floats by sea to Joppa - See the note on 1Ki 5:9, and on the parallel places, for other matters contained in this chapter.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And he made of them seventy thousand, etc. The reason he mentions them again and mentions the number is that he interrupted the topic; therefore, he had to repeat it again now.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַ֠אֲנַחְנוּ | vaanachnu | and we | H587 → | 120 times |
| נִכְרֹ֨ת | nikhrot | we will cut | H3772 → | 288 times |
| עֵצִ֤ים | ʾetzim | wood<s> | H6086 → | 328 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַלְּבָנוֹן֙ | halevanon | <the> Lebanon | H3844 → | 71 times |
| כְּכָל־ | kekhol- | according to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| צָרְכֶּ֔ךָ | tzarekekha | need your | H6878 → | |
| וּנְבִיאֵ֥ם | uneviem | and we will bring them | H935 → | 2568 times |
| לְךָ֛ | lekha | to you | ||
| רַפְסֹד֖וֹת | rafsodot | rafts | H7513 → | |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יָ֣ם | yam | [the] sea | H3220 → | 396 times |
| יָפ֑וֹ | yafo | Joppa | H3305 → | |
| וְאַתָּ֛ה | veatah | and you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| תַּעֲלֶ֥ה | taaleh | you will take up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| אֹתָ֖ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ פ | yerushalim | Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
וַ֠אֲנַחְנוּand we
vaanachnuH587 →120 times
נִכְרֹ֨תwe will cut
nikhrotH3772 →288 times
עֵצִ֤יםwood<s>
ʾetzimH6086 →328 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַלְּבָנוֹן֙<the> Lebanon
halevanonH3844 →71 times
כְּכָל־according to all
kekhol-H3605 →5413 times
צָרְכֶּ֔ךָneed your
tzarekekhaH6878 →
וּנְבִיאֵ֥םand we will bring them
uneviemH935 →2568 times
לְךָ֛to you
lekha
רַפְסֹד֖וֹתrafts
rafsodotH7513 →
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
יָ֣ם[the] sea
yamH3220 →396 times
יָפ֑וֹJoppa
yafoH3305 →
וְאַתָּ֛הand you
veatahH859 →1094 times
תַּעֲלֶ֥הyou will take up
taalehH5927 →890 times
אֹתָ֖ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ פJerusalem
yerushalimH3389 →643 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
John 1:3Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.
it leads to
- Colossians 1:16–17
For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
- 1 Corinthians 8:6
yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and…
- Revelation 4:11
“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”
- Psalms 33:6
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
- Genesis 1:26
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the…
- Colossians 1:16–17
Through
Ezra 3:7They 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…
it leads to
- Acts 9:36
In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.
Reached by 2 separate 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…
- 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…
- Acts 9:36
About 2 Chronicles
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.