2 Chronicles 2:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

To get trees for me in great numbers, for the house which I am building is to be great and a wonder.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 9:8 : 8 And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder at it and make whistling sounds; and they will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land and to this house?
  • 2 Chr 2:5 : 5 And the house which I am building is to be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
  • 2 Chr 7:21 : 21 And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land and to this house?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 2:5-8
    4 verses
    84%

    5 And the house which I am building is to be great, for our God is greater than all gods.

    6 But who may have strength enough to make a house for him, seeing that the heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be his resting-place? who am I then to make a house for him? But I am building it only for the burning of perfume before him.

    7 So now send me an expert worker in gold and silver and brass and iron? in purple and red and blue, and in the cutting of all sorts of ornament, to be with the expert workmen who are here in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom my father David got together.

    8 And send me cedar-trees, cypress-trees and sandal-wood from Lebanon, for, to my knowledge, your servants are expert wood-cutters in Lebanon; and my servants will be with yours,

  • 2 Chr 2:10
    83%

    10 And I will give as food to your servants, the wood-cutters, twenty thousand measures of grain, and twenty thousand measures of barley and twenty thousand measures of wine and twenty thousand measures of oil.

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

    14 Now see, poor though I am, I have got ready for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold and a million talents of silver; and a weight of brass and iron greater than may be measured; and wood and stone have I made ready, and you may put more to it.

    15 And you have a great number of workmen, cutters and workers of stone and wood, and experts in every sort of work,

  • 1 Chr 29:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1 And David the king said to all the people, Solomon my son, the only one who has been marked out by God, is still young and untested, and the work is great, for this great house is not for man, but for the Lord God.

    2 Now as far as I am able, I have made ready what is needed for the house of my God; the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the silver things, and the brass for the brass things, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; beryls and jewels to be framed, and stones of different colours for ornament; all sorts of stones of great price, and polished building-stone, as much as is needed and more.

  • 1 Chr 22:4-5
    2 verses
    79%

    4 And cedar-trees without number, for the Zidonians and the men of Tyre came with a great amount of cedar-trees for David.

    5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and untested, and the house which is to be put up for the Lord is to be very great, a thing of wonder and glory through all countries; so I will make ready what is needed for it. So David got ready a great store of material before his death.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5-6
    2 verses
    79%

    5 And so it is my purpose to make a house for the name of the Lord my God, as he said to David my father, Your son, whom I will make king in your place, will be the builder of a house for my name.

    6 So now, will you have cedar-trees from Lebanon cut down for me, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you payment for your servants at whatever rate you say; for it is common knowledge that we have no such wood-cutters among us as the men of Zidon.

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

    15 So now let my lord send to his servants the grain and the oil and the wine as my lord has said;

    16 And we will have wood cut from Lebanon, as much as you have need of, and will send it to you on flat boats by sea to Joppa, and from there you may take it up to Jerusalem.

  • Jer 22:14
    78%

    14 Who says, I will make a wide house for myself, and rooms of great size, and has windows cut out, and has it roofed with cedar and painted with bright red.

  • 1 Chr 14:1
    78%

    1 And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David with cedar-trees, and stoneworkers and woodworkers for the building of his house.

  • 2 Kgs 22:6
    78%

    6 To the woodworkers and the builders and the stone-cutters; and for getting wood and cut stones for the building up of the house.

  • Neh 2:8
    77%

    8 And a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's park, so that he may give me wood to make boards for the doors of the tower of the house, and for the wall of the town, and for the house which is to be mine. And the king gave me this, for the hand of my God was on me.

  • 1 Chr 22:2
    77%

    2 And David gave orders to get together all the men from strange lands who were in the land of Israel; and he put stone-cutters to work, cutting stones for building the house of God.

  • 2 Chr 2:1
    77%

    1 Now it was Solomon's purpose to put up a house for the name of the Lord and a house for himself as king.

  • 2 Sam 5:11
    77%

    11 And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David, with cedar-trees and woodworkers and stoneworkers: and they made David a house.

  • Hag 1:8
    77%

    8 Go up to the hills and get wood and put up the house; and I will take pleasure in it and be honoured, says the Lord.

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

    17 By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone.

    18 Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did the work of cutting them, and put edges on them, and got the wood and the stone ready for the building of the house.

  • 1 Kgs 5:8-10
    3 verses
    77%

    8 Then Hiram sent to Solomon, saying; The words you sent have been given to me: I will do all your desire in the question of cedar-wood and cypress-wood.

    9 My men will take them down from Lebanon to the sea, where I will have them corded together to go by sea to whatever place you say, and I will have them cut up there so that you may take them away; as for payment, it will be enough if you give me food for my people.

    10 So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar-wood and cypress-wood he had need of;

  • 2 Chr 2:12
    76%

    12 And Huram said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, maker of heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, full of wisdom and good sense, to be the builder of a house for the Lord and a house for himself as king.

  • 2 Chr 2:3
    76%

    3 And Solomon sent to Huram, king of Tyre, saying, As you did for my father David, sending him cedar-trees for the building of his house,

  • 1 Kgs 7:2
    76%

    2 And he made the house of the Woods of Lebanon, which was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high, resting on four lines of cedar-wood pillars with cedar-wood supports on the pillars.

  • 2 Chr 6:2
    76%

    2 So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    76%

    12 He will be the builder of my house, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.

  • 2 Chr 3:5
    75%

    5 And the greater house was roofed with cypress-wood, plated with the best gold and ornamented with designs of palm-trees and chains.

  • 1 Chr 22:7
    75%

    7 And David said to Solomon, My son, it was my desire to put up a house for the name of the Lord my God.

  • 2 Chr 34:11
    75%

    11 Even to the woodworkers and builders to get cut stone and wood for joining the structure together and for making boards for the houses which the kings of Judah had given up to destruction.

  • 1 Chr 22:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10 He will be the builder of a house for my name; he will be to me a son, and I will be to him a father; and I will make the seat of his rule over Israel certain for ever.

    11 Now, my son, may the Lord be with you; and may you do well, and put up the house of the Lord your God, as he has said of you.

  • 1 Chr 29:16
    75%

    16 O Lord our God, all this store, which we have made ready for the building of a house for your holy name, comes from your hand and is yours.

  • 1 Chr 28:10
    75%

    10 Now then, take note; for the Lord has made selection of you to be the builder of a house for the holy place. Be strong and do it.

  • 1 Chr 28:2
    75%

    2 Then David the king got up and said, Give ear to me, my brothers and my people; it was my desire to put up a house, a resting-place for the ark of the Lord's agreement, and for the foot-rest of our God; and I had got material ready for the building of it.

  • 1 Kgs 6:9
    74%

    9 So he put up the house and made it complete, roofing it with boards of cedar-wood.

  • 1 Kgs 6:16
    74%

    16 And at the back of the house a further space of twenty cubits was shut in with boards of cedar-wood, for the inmost room.

  • 1 Kgs 8:27
    74%

    27 But is it truly possible that God may be housed on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place; how much less this house which I have made!

  • 2 Kgs 12:12
    74%

    12 And to the wall-builders and the stone-cutters, and to get wood and cut stone for building up the broken parts of the house of the Lord, and for everything needed to put the house in good order.

  • Eccl 2:4
    74%

    4 I undertook great works, building myself houses and planting vine-gardens.

  • Ezra 6:4
    74%

    4 With three lines of great stones and one line of new wood supports; and let the necessary money be given out of the king's store-house;

  • 1 Chr 17:6
    74%

    6 In all the places where I have gone with all Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, whom I made the keepers of my people, Why have you not made for me a house of cedar?

  • Eccl 2:6
    74%

    6 I made pools to give water for the woods with their young trees.

  • 2 Chr 6:10
    74%

    10 And the Lord has kept his word; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made the house for the name of the Lord the God of Israel.