What does 2 Chronicles 2:9 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderfule great."
2. THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE The Beginning and Appeal to Huram CHAPTER 2 _ 1. Solomon's purpose (2 Chronicles 2:1)_ 2. The workmen (2 Chronicles 2:2) 3. The message to Huram, King of Tyre (2 Chr...
PREPARATIONS FOR THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE (see notes on 1 Kings 5:5). Though the general narrative in the parallel passages is the same, the Chronicler's account varies in detail sufficiently from t...
WONDERFUL GREAT. Hebrew "great and wonderful". Figure of speech _Hendiadys_ (App-6). great, yea, wonderfully great....
2. PREPARATIONS FOR THE TEMPLE (Chapter 2) TEXT 2 Chronicles 2:1. Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom. 2. And Solomon counted out threescore and...
_EVEN TO PREPARE ME TIMBER IN ABUNDANCE: FOR THE HOUSE WHICH I AM ABOUT TO BUILD SHALL BE WONDERFUL GREAT._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
SOLOMON'S NEGOTIATIONS WITH HIRAM This chapter substantially reproduces 1 Kings 5, with some differences in numbers, names, and expressions....
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE SOLOMON RULES *ISRAEL 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 2 PREPARATIONS FOR THE *TEMPLE – 2 CHRONICLES 2:1-18 V1 Solomon gave orders fo...
EVEN TO PREPARE ME TIMBER IN ABUNDANCE. — Rather, _And they shall prepare,_ or, _let them prepare._ (A use of the infinitive, to which the chronicler is partial: see 1 Chronicles 5:1; 1 Chronicles 9:2...
_[2 Chronicles 2:8]_ וּ לְ הָכִ֥ין לִ֛י עֵצִ֖ים לָ רֹ֑ב כִּ֥י הַ בַּ֛יִת אֲשֶׁר ־אֲנִ֥י...
SOLOMON THE chronicler's history of Solomon is constructed on the same principles as that of David, and for similar reasons. The builder of the first Temple commanded the grateful reverence of a commu...
The king's devotion to the highest work of his life was, however, unhindered, and the second chapter gives us the story of how he commenced his preparations for doing that work by new commercial treat...
_Exceedingly. Hebrew, "wonderfully great." (Haydock)_...
The message here recorded, which Solomon sent to Hiram, is much more particularly related than the parallel one in the book of the Kings. I beg the Reader to mark this. There is very great beauty, as...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 7. Thus Solomon having prayed, and entreated Jehovah that His eyes should be open, and His ears attent to the prayers that should be offered to Him...
EVEN TO PREPARE ME TIMBER IN ABUNDANCE,.... Since he would want a large quantity for raftering, cieling, wainscoting, and flooring the temple: FOR THE HOUSE WHICH I AM ABOUT TO BUILD SHALL BE WONDERF...
Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build [shall be] wonderful great. Ver. 9. _Wonderful great._] Yet was it not so great as the temple at Ephesus, but far more...
1 and 17 Solomons labourers for the building of the Temple. 3 His embassage to Huram for workemen and prouision of stuffe. 11 Huram sendeth him a kinde answere. 1 AND Solomon determined to build a...
Solomon's Message to Huram...
SOLOMON'S REQUEST FROM HIRAM (vv.1-10). As the Lord had foretold to David, He worked upon Solomon's heart to make him determine to build both a temple for the Lord and a royal house for himself (v....
WONDERFUL GREAT: _ Heb._ great and wonderful...
SEE POOLE ON "1 CHRONICLES 2:5"....
2 Chronicles 2:9 prepare H3559 (H8687) timber H6086 abundance H7230 temple H1004 build H1129 (H8802) great H1419 wonderful H6381 (H8687) wonderful great - Heb. great and wonderful, 2 Chronicles 2:5,...
CONTENTS: Preparation to build the temple. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hiram, King of Tyre. CONCLUSION: (2 Chronicles 2:4-6) It becomes us to go about every work for God with a due sense of our utter...
2 Chronicles 2:1. _A house._ The word temple among the Jews, gradually obtained from the Gentiles. The Egyptians were the first that built temples; the Greeks and the Tyrians followed, as they rose to...
_And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the Lord._ SOLOMON’S PREDESTINED WORK Solomon was born to do this work. There is no need for the rose to say, “Now I am going to be beautifu...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 2:3 Solomon’s letter to HIRAM, KING OF TYRE (who had earlier assisted David; 1 Chronicles 14:1), is considerably expanded from 1 Kings 5:3. This letter describes the...
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter corresponds with 1 Kings 5. It comprises preparations for building the temple (2 Chronicles 2:1); Solomon’s message to Huram (2 Chronicles 2:3); Huram’s reply (2 Chronicl...
EXPOSITION 2 CHRONICLES 2:1 In the Hebrew text this verse stands as the last of 2 Chronicles 1:1. DETERMINED. The Hebrew word is the ordinary word for "said;" as, _e.g; _in the expression of such fre...
Now Solomon determined to build a house for the name of the LORD, and a house for his kingdom. And Solomon told out [or counted out] seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand men to cu...
1 Kings 9:8; 2 Chronicles 2:5; 2 Chronicles 7:21...