Lectionary Calendar
Friday, December 19th, 2025
the Third Week of Advent
the Third Week of Advent
video advertismenet
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!
Click here to join the effort!
Read the Bible
Christian Standard Bible ®
2 Chronicles 2:9
to prepare logs for me in abundance because the temple I am building will be great and wondrous.
Jump to:Bible Study Tools • Parallel Bible Verse • Bible Contextual Overview • Bible Cross-References • Gill's Bible Notes
Bible Study Resources
Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
- AmericanEncyclopedias:
- CondensedParallel Translations
Hebrew Names Version
even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
King James Version
Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
English Standard Version
to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am to build will be great and wonderful.
to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am to build will be great and wonderful.
New Century Version
Send me a lot of wood, because the temple I am going to build will be large and wonderful.
Send me a lot of wood, because the temple I am going to build will be large and wonderful.
New English Translation
to supply me with large quantities of timber, for I am building a great, magnificent temple.
to supply me with large quantities of timber, for I am building a great, magnificent temple.
Amplified Bible
to prepare for me an abundance of timber, because the house I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
to prepare for me an abundance of timber, because the house I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
New American Standard Bible
to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
World English Bible
even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
Geneva Bible (1587)
That they may prepare me timber in abudance: for the house which I doe buylde, is great and wonderfull.
That they may prepare me timber in abudance: for the house which I doe buylde, is great and wonderfull.
Legacy Standard Bible
to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
Berean Standard Bible
to prepare for me timber in abundance, because the temple I am building will be great and wonderful.
to prepare for me timber in abundance, because the temple I am building will be great and wonderful.
Contemporary English Version
because I'll need a lot of lumber to build such a large and glorious temple.
because I'll need a lot of lumber to build such a large and glorious temple.
Complete Jewish Bible
I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the timber, 100,000 bushels of cracked wheat, 100,000 bushels of barley, 100,000 gallons of wine, and 100,000 gallons of olive oil."
I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the timber, 100,000 bushels of cracked wheat, 100,000 bushels of barley, 100,000 gallons of wine, and 100,000 gallons of olive oil."
Darby Translation
even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house that I build shall be great and wonderful.
even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house that I build shall be great and wonderful.
Easy-to-Read Version
I will need lots of wood because the Temple I am building will be very large and beautiful.
I will need lots of wood because the Temple I am building will be very large and beautiful.
George Lamsa Translation
And shall bring me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build will be very great and wonderful.
And shall bring me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build will be very great and wonderful.
Good News Translation
in preparing large quantities of timber, because this temple I intend to build will be large and magnificent.
in preparing large quantities of timber, because this temple I intend to build will be large and magnificent.
Lexham English Bible
to prepare trees in abundance for me, for the house that I am building will be great and wonderful.
to prepare trees in abundance for me, for the house that I am building will be great and wonderful.
Literal Translation
even to prepare trees in abundance for me, for the house that I am building will be great and wonderful.
even to prepare trees in abundance for me, for the house that I am building will be great and wonderful.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
to prepare me moch tymber: for the house that I wyl buylde, shalbe greate & maruelous goodly.
to prepare me moch tymber: for the house that I wyl buylde, shalbe greate & maruelous goodly.
American Standard Version
even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
Bible in Basic English
To get trees for me in great numbers, for the house which I am building is to be great and a wonder.
To get trees for me in great numbers, for the house which I am building is to be great and a wonder.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
That they may prepare me timber enough: For the house whiche I am determined to buylde, shalbe wonderfull great.
That they may prepare me timber enough: For the house whiche I am determined to buylde, shalbe wonderfull great.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.'
And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.'
King James Version (1611)
Euen to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build, shalbe wonderfull great.
Euen to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build, shalbe wonderfull great.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
to prepare timber for me in abundance: for the house which I am building must be great and glorious.
to prepare timber for me in abundance: for the house which I am building must be great and glorious.
English Revised Version
even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that ful many trees be maad redi to me; for the hows which Y coueyte to bilde is ful greet and noble.
that ful many trees be maad redi to me; for the hows which Y coueyte to bilde is ful greet and noble.
Update Bible Version
even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
Webster's Bible Translation
Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build [shall be] wonderfully great.
Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build [shall be] wonderfully great.
New King James Version
to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the temple which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the temple which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
New Living Translation
An immense amount of timber will be needed, for the Temple I am going to build will be very large and magnificent.
An immense amount of timber will be needed, for the Temple I am going to build will be very large and magnificent.
New Life Bible
to cut many trees for me. For the house I am about to build will be very great and beautiful.
to cut many trees for me. For the house I am about to build will be very great and beautiful.
New Revised Standard
to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
yea to prepare me timbers in abundance, - for, the house which I am about to build, must be great and most wonderful.
yea to prepare me timbers in abundance, - for, the house which I am about to build, must be great and most wonderful.
Douay-Rheims Bible
To provide me timber in abundance. For the house which I desire to build, is to be exceeding great, and glorious.
To provide me timber in abundance. For the house which I desire to build, is to be exceeding great, and glorious.
Revised Standard Version
to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am to build will be great and wonderful.
to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am to build will be great and wonderful.
Young's Literal Translation
even to prepare for me trees in abundance, for the house that I am building [is] great and wonderful.
even to prepare for me trees in abundance, for the house that I am building [is] great and wonderful.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
Contextual Overview
1Solomon decided to build a temple for the name of the Lord and a royal palace for himself, 2so he assigned 70,000 men as porters, 80,000 men as stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 as supervisors over them. 3Then Solomon sent word to King Hiram of Tyre: 4Now I am building a temple for the name of the Lord my God in order to dedicate it to him for burning fragrant incense before him, for displaying the rows of the Bread of the Presence continuously, and for sacrificing burnt offerings for the morning and the evening, the Sabbaths and the New Moons, and the appointed festivals of the Lord our God. This is ordained for Israel permanently. 5The temple that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than any of the gods. 6But who is able to build a temple for him, since even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain him? Who am I then that I should build a temple for him except as a place to burn incense before him? 7Therefore, send me an artisan who is skilled in engraving to work with gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and with purple, crimson, and blue yarn. He will work with the artisans who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, appointed by my father David. 8Also, send me cedar, cypress, and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut the trees of Lebanon. Note that my servants will be with your servants 9to prepare logs for me in abundance because the temple I am building will be great and wondrous. 10I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the trees, one hundred thousand bushels of wheat flour, one hundred thousand bushels of barley, one hundred ten thousand gallons of wine, and one hundred ten thousand gallons of oil.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
wonderful great: Heb. great and wonderful, 2 Chronicles 2:5, 2 Chronicles 7:21, 1 Kings 9:8
Reciprocal: Psalms 78:69 - high Song of Solomon 1:17 - beams Ezekiel 7:20 - the beauty
Cross-References
Genesis 2:8
The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he placed the man he had formed.
The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he placed the man he had formed.
Genesis 2:9
The Lord God caused to grow out of the ground every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden, as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
The Lord God caused to grow out of the ground every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden, as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:17
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die.”
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die.”
Genesis 3:3
But about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God said, ‘You must not eat it or touch it, or you will die.’”
But about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God said, ‘You must not eat it or touch it, or you will die.’”
Deuteronomy 6:25
Righteousness will be ours if we are careful to follow every one of these commands before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us.’
Righteousness will be ours if we are careful to follow every one of these commands before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us.’
Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to those who embrace her,and those who hold on to her are happy.
She is a tree of life to those who embrace her,and those who hold on to her are happy.
Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,and a wise person captivates people.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,and a wise person captivates people.
Isaiah 44:25
who destroys the omens of the false prophetsand makes fools of diviners;who confounds the wiseand makes their knowledge foolishness;
who destroys the omens of the false prophetsand makes fools of diviners;who confounds the wiseand makes their knowledge foolishness;
Isaiah 47:10
You were secure in your wickedness;you said, ‘No one sees me.’Your wisdom and knowledgeled you astray.You said to yourself,‘I am, and there is no one else.’
You were secure in your wickedness;you said, ‘No one sees me.’Your wisdom and knowledgeled you astray.You said to yourself,‘I am, and there is no one else.’
Ezekiel 31:16
I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I threw it down to Sheol to be with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were comforted in the underworld.
I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I threw it down to Sheol to be with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were comforted in the underworld.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 wonderful great; as to its structure and ornaments.
