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Good News Translation

1 Chronicles 22:4

He had the people of Tyre and Sidon bring him a large number of cedar logs.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Sidon;   Thompson Chain Reference - Cedar;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Sidonians, the;   Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Copper;   Temple;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - David;   Jerusalem;   Solomon;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Worship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Zidon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Zidonians, Sidonians ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Temple;   Zidon;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Zido'nians,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cedar;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and innumerable cedar logs because the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large quantity of cedar logs to David.
Hebrew Names Version
and cedar trees without number: for the Tzidonim and they of Tzor brought cedar trees in abundance to David.
King James Version
Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.
English Standard Version
and cedar timbers without number, for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought great quantities of cedar to David.
New Century Version
and he supplied more cedar logs than could be counted. Much of the cedar had been brought to David by the people from Sidon and Tyre.
New English Translation
and more cedar logs than could be counted. (The Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large amount of cedar logs to David.)
Amplified Bible
and cedar trees beyond number, for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought large quantities of cedar timber to David.
New American Standard Bible
and timbers of cedar beyond number, for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought large quantities of cedar timber to David.
World English Bible
and cedar trees without number: for the Sidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar trees in abundance to David.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And cedar trees without nomber: for the Zidonians and they of Tyrus brought much cedar wood to Dauid.
Legacy Standard Bible
and timbers of cedar logs beyond number, for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought large quantities of cedar timber to David.
Berean Standard Bible
and more cedar logs than could be counted; for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large quantity of cedar logs to David.
Contemporary English Version
He also had cedar logs brought in from the cities of Sidon and Tyre.
Complete Jewish Bible
and cedar logs beyond numbering — because the Tzidonim and the people from Tzor brought cedar logs in abundance to David.
Darby Translation
and cedar-trees innumerable; for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar-wood in abundance to David.
Easy-to-Read Version
and more cedar logs than could be counted. The people from the cities of Sidon and Tyre brought many cedar logs to David.
George Lamsa Translation
Also cedar trees in abundance; for the Tyrians and the Sidonians brought much cedar wood to David.
Lexham English Bible
and cedar timbers without number, for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought abundant cedars to David.
Literal Translation
and also cedar trees without number, for the Sidonians and the Tyrians brought in cedar trees in abundance to David.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and Cedre trees innumerable: for they of Zidon & Tyre brought Dauid moch Cedre tymbre:
American Standard Version
and cedar-trees without number: for the Sidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar-trees in abundance to David.
Bible in Basic English
And cedar-trees without number, for the Zidonians and the men of Tyre came with a great amount of cedar-trees for David.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Cedar trees without number: For the Zidons and they of Tyre brought much Cedar wood to Dauid.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and cedar-trees without number; for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar-trees in abundance to David.
King James Version (1611)
Also Cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians, and they of Tyre, brought much Cedar wood to Dauid.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And cedar threes without number: for the Sidonians and the Tyrians brought cedar trees in abundance to David.
English Revised Version
and cedar trees without number: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar trees in abundance to David.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
also the trees of cedre myyten not be gessid, whiche the men of Sidonye and the men of Tyre brouyten to Dauid.
Update Bible Version
and cedar-trees without number: for the Sidonians and those of Tyre brought cedar-trees in abundance to David.
Webster's Bible Translation
Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.
New King James Version
and cedar trees in abundance; for the Sidonians and those from Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.
New Living Translation
He also provided innumerable cedar logs, for the men of Tyre and Sidon had brought vast amounts of cedar to David.
New Life Bible
And he gave too many cedar trees to number. For the Sidonians and Tyrians brought many cut cedar trees to David.
New Revised Standard
and cedar logs without number—for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought great quantities of cedar to David.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and cedar-trees, even without number, - for the Zidonians and the Tyreans brought cedar-trees in abundance, unto David.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the cedar trees were without number, which the Sidonians, and Tyrians brought to David.
Revised Standard Version
and cedar timbers without number; for the Sido'nians and Tyrians brought great quantities of cedar to David.
Young's Literal Translation
And cedar-trees even without number, for the Zidonians and the Tyrians brought in cedar-trees in abundance to David.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and timbers of cedar logs beyond number, for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought large quantities of cedar timber to David.

Contextual Overview

1 So David said, "This is where the Temple of the Lord God will be. Here is the altar where the people of Israel are to offer burnt offerings." 2 King David gave orders for all the foreigners living in the land of Israel to assemble, and he put them to work. Some of them prepared stone blocks for building the Temple. 3 He supplied a large amount of iron for making nails and clamps for the wooden gates, and so much bronze that no one could weigh it. 4 He had the people of Tyre and Sidon bring him a large number of cedar logs. 5 David thought, "The Temple that my son Solomon is to build must be splendid and world-famous. But he is young and inexperienced, so I must make preparations for it." So David got large amounts of the materials ready before he died.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

cedar trees: 2 Samuel 5:11, 1 Kings 5:6-10, 2 Chronicles 2:3, Ezra 3:7

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 5:3 - could not 1 Chronicles 26:20 - treasures 1 Chronicles 29:3 - of mine own proper good

Cross-References

Exodus 5:3
Moses and Aaron replied, "The God of the Hebrews has revealed himself to us. Allow us to travel three days into the desert to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God. If we don't do so, he will kill us with disease or by war."
Exodus 15:22
Then Moses led the people of Israel away from the Red Sea into the desert of Shur. For three days they walked through the desert, but found no water.
Exodus 19:11
and be ready the day after tomorrow. On that day I will come down on Mount Sinai, where all the people can see me.
Exodus 19:15
and Moses told them, "Be ready by the day after tomorrow and don't have sexual intercourse in the meantime."
Leviticus 7:17
Any meat that still remains on the third day must be burned.
Numbers 10:33
When the people left Sinai, the holy mountain, they traveled three days. The Lord 's Covenant Box always went ahead of them to find a place for them to camp.
Numbers 19:12
They must purify themselves with the water for purification on the third day and on the seventh day, and then they will be clean. But if they do not purify themselves on both the third and the seventh day, they will not be clean.
Numbers 19:19
On the third day and on the seventh the person who is ritually clean is to sprinkle the water on the unclean persons. On the seventh day he is to purify those, who, after washing their clothes and pouring water over themselves, become ritually clean at sunset.
Numbers 31:19
Now all of you who have killed anyone or have touched a corpse must stay outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and on the seventh day purify yourselves and the women you have captured.
Joshua 1:11
go through the camp and say to the people, "Get some food ready, because in three days you are going to cross the Jordan River to occupy the land that the Lord your God is giving you."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Also cedar trees in abundance,.... To be sawed into boards and planks for the cieling, wainscotting, and flooring of the temple, and other things:

for the Zidonians, and they of Tyre, brought much cedar wood to David; from Mount Lebanon, which was chiefly in their possession; and which they did either of themselves as a free gift and present to him, or at his request, for which he paid them; and this is another thing prefiguring the help of the Gentiles in building up the church of Christ in Gospel times.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the marginal references and notes; 1 Chronicles 14:1.


 
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