2 Chronicles 2:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.”

2 Chronicles 2:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

2 Chronicles 2:9 in 6 Bible Translations

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2 Chronicles 2:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.”

2 Chronicles 2:9 — World English Bible

2 Chronicles 2:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.”

2 Chronicles 2:9 — American Standard Version

2 Chronicles 2:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“even to prepare for me trees in abundance, for the house that I am building <FI>is<Fi> great and wonderful.”

2 Chronicles 2:9 — Young's Literal Translation

2 Chronicles 2:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house that I build shall be great and wonderful.”

2 Chronicles 2:9 — Darby Translation

2 Chronicles 2:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“That they may prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I doe buylde, is great and wonderfull.”

2 Chronicles 2:9 — Geneva Bible

2 Chronicles 2:9 in Context — 2 Chronicles 2

7 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.

8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,

9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.

10 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.

11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the Lord hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.

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What Does 2 Chronicles 2:9 Mean?

2 Chronicles 2:9 is a verse from the Book of 2 Chronicles, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Chronicles chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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