2 Chronicles 2:8

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 5:6 : 6 Now therefore command thou that they cut me cedar-trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants; and I will give thee hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt say: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that knoweth how to cut timber like unto the Sidonians.
  • 1 Kgs 10:11 : 11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug-trees and precious stones.
  • 2 Chr 9:10-11 : 10 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, that brought gold from Ophir, brought algum-trees and precious stones. 11 And the king made of the algum-trees terraces for the house of Jehovah, and for the king's house, and harps and psalteries for the singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.

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  • 1 Kgs 5:6-10
    5 verses
    87%

    6Now therefore command thou that they cut me cedar-trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants; and I will give thee hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt say: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that knoweth how to cut timber like unto the Sidonians.

    7And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be Jehovah this day, who hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.

    8And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have heard [the message] which thou hast sent unto me: I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.

    9My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and thou shalt receive them; and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.

    10So Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of fir according to all his desire.

  • 2 Chr 2:9-10
    2 verses
    84%

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

    10And, 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.

  • 2 Chr 2:7
    82%

    7Now therefore send me a man skilful to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that knoweth how to grave [all manner of] gravings, [to be] with the skilful men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.

  • 2 Chr 2:12-16
    5 verses
    82%

    12Huram said moreover, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with discretion and understanding, that should build a house for Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.

    13And now I have sent a skilful man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,

    14the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to grave any manner of graving, and to devise any device; that there may be [a place] appointed unto him with thy skilful men, and with the skilful men of my lord David thy father.

    15Now therefore the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:

    16and 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.

  • 1 Chr 22:4
    79%

    4and cedar-trees without number: for the Sidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar-trees in abundance to David.

  • 1 Chr 22:14-15
    2 verses
    77%

    14Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house of Jehovah a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver, and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.

    15Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all men that are skilful in every manner of work:

  • 2 Chr 9:10-11
    2 verses
    77%

    10And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, that brought gold from Ophir, brought algum-trees and precious stones.

    11And the king made of the algum-trees terraces for the house of Jehovah, and for the king's house, and harps and psalteries for the singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.

  • 2 Chr 2:3
    77%

    3And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein, [even so deal with me] .

  • 1 Chr 14:1
    76%

    1And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.

  • Neh 2:8
    75%

    8and a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the castle which appertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

  • Ezek 27:5
    75%

    5They have made all thy planks of fir-trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for thee.

  • 2 Sam 5:11
    74%

    11And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

  • 1 Kgs 10:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug-trees and precious stones.

    12And the king made of the almug-trees pillars for the house of Jehovah, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for the singers: there came no such almug-trees, nor were seen, unto this day.

  • 1 Kgs 9:27
    73%

    27And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

  • 2 Kgs 22:6
    73%

    6unto the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

  • 1 Kgs 5:2
    73%

    2And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

  • Ezra 3:7
    71%

    7They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and food, and drink, and oil, unto them of Sidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea, unto Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

  • 1 Chr 28:21
    71%

    21And, behold, there are the courses of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee in all manner of work every willing man that hath skill, for any manner of service: also the captains and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.

  • 1 Chr 29:2
    71%

    2Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the [things of] gold, and the silver for the [things of] silver, and the brass for the [things of] brass, the iron for the [things of] iron, and wood for the [things of] wood; onyx stones, and [stones] to be set, stones for inlaid work, and of divers colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance. [

  • Exod 31:5
    71%

    5and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of workmanship.

  • 2 Chr 34:11
    71%

    11even to the carpenters and to the builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

  • 1 Kgs 7:2
    71%

    2For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was a hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

  • 2 Chr 9:27
    71%

    27And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

  • 1 Kgs 5:18
    71%

    18And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.

  • 2 Chr 1:15
    70%

    15And the king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

  • Jer 22:7
    70%

    7And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons; and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.

  • Exod 35:33
    70%

    33and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of skilful workmanship.

  • Song 1:17
    70%

    17The beams of our house are cedars, [And] our rafters are firs.

  • 1 Kgs 10:27
    70%

    27And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

  • 2 Chr 8:18
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    18And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

  • Ps 104:16
    70%

    16The trees of Jehovah are filled [with moisture], The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;

  • 1 Kgs 7:11
    70%

    11And above were costly stones, even hewn stone, according to measure, and cedar-wood.

  • Isa 37:24
    70%

    24By thy servants hast thou defied the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field;

  • Isa 44:14
    70%

    14He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the holm-tree and the oak, and strengtheneth for himself one among the trees of the forest: he planteth a fir-tree, and the rain doth nourish it.

  • 1 Chr 22:2
    70%

    2And David commanded to gather together the sojourners that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

  • Eccl 2:6
    70%

    6I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared;

  • 2 Kgs 6:4
    70%

    4So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.

  • 1 Kgs 6:18
    69%

    18And there was cedar on the house within, carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.