2 Chronicles 2:9

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 9:8 : 8 And though this house is so high, yet shall every one that passeth by it be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath Jehovah done thus unto this land, and to this house?
  • 2 Chr 2:5 : 5 And the house which I build is great; for great is our God above all gods.
  • 2 Chr 7:21 : 21 And this house, which is so high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall say, Why hath Jehovah done thus unto this land, and to this house?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 2:5-8
    4 verses
    84%

    5And the house which I build is great; for great is our God above all gods.

    6But who is able to build him a house, seeing heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?

    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.

    8Send 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,

  • 2 Chr 2:10
    83%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 22:14-15
    2 verses
    80%

    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:

  • 1 Chr 29:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1And David the king said unto all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for Jehovah God.

    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. [

  • 1 Chr 22:4-5
    2 verses
    79%

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

    5And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for Jehovah must be exceeding magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5-6
    2 verses
    79%

    5And, behold, I purpose to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, as Jehovah spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build the house for my name.

    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.

  • 2 Chr 2:15-16
    2 verses
    78%

    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.

  • Jer 22:14
    78%

    14that saith, I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.

  • 1 Chr 14:1
    78%

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

  • 2 Kgs 22:6
    78%

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

  • Neh 2:8
    77%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 22:2
    77%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 2:1
    77%

    1Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.

  • 2 Sam 5:11
    77%

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

  • Hag 1:8
    77%

    8Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith Jehovah.

  • 1 Kgs 5:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone.

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 5:8-10
    3 verses
    77%

    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 2:12
    76%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 2:3
    76%

    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 Kgs 7:2
    76%

    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 6:2
    76%

    2But I have built thee a house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in for ever.

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    76%

    12He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.

  • 2 Chr 3:5
    75%

    5And the greater house he ceiled with fir-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm-trees and chains.

  • 1 Chr 22:7
    75%

    7And David said to Solomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build a house unto the name of Jehovah my God.

  • 2 Chr 34:11
    75%

    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 Chr 22:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10he shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.

    11Now, my son, Jehovah be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of Jehovah thy God, as he hath spoken concerning thee.

  • 1 Chr 29:16
    75%

    16O Jehovah our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee a house for thy holy name cometh of thy hand, and is all thine own.

  • 1 Chr 28:10
    75%

    10Take heed now; for Jehovah hath chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

  • 1 Chr 28:2
    75%

    2Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: as for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and for the footstool of our God; and I had made ready for the building.

  • 1 Kgs 6:9
    74%

    9So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.

  • 1 Kgs 6:16
    74%

    16And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the walls [of the ceiling] : he built [them] for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.

  • 1 Kgs 8:27
    74%

    27But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!

  • 2 Kgs 12:12
    74%

    12and to the masons and the hewers of stone, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of Jehovah, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.

  • Eccl 2:4
    74%

    4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;

  • Ezra 6:4
    74%

    4with three courses of great stones, and a course of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house.

  • 1 Chr 17:6
    74%

    6In all places wherein I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedar?

  • Eccl 2:6
    74%

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

  • 2 Chr 6:10
    74%

    10And Jehovah hath performed his word that he spake; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and have built the house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.