2 Chronicles 2:9

World English Bible (2000)

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 Though this house is so high, yet shall everyone who passes by it be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, 'Why has Yahweh done thus to this land, and to this house?'
  • 2 Chr 2:5 : 5 "The house which I build is great; for our God is great above all gods.
  • 2 Chr 7:21 : 21 This house, which is so high, everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall say, 'Why has Yahweh done thus to this land, and to this house?'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 2:5-8
    4 verses
    84%

    5 "The house which I build is great; for our God is great above all gods.

    6 But who is able to build him a house, since heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, except just to burn incense before him?

    7 "Now therefore send me a man skillful to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and who knows how to engrave [all kinds of] engravings, [to be] with the skillful men who 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 your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon: and behold, my servants shall be with your servants,

  • 2 Chr 2:10
    83%

    10 Behold, I will give to your servants, the cutters who 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%

    14 Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house of Yahweh one hundred thousand talents of gold, one million talents of silver, and brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance. I have also prepared timber and stone; and you may add to them.

    15 There are also workmen with you in abundance, cutters and workers of stone and timber, and all kinds of men who are skillful in every kind of work:

  • 1 Chr 29:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1 David the king said to all the assembly, "Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for Yahweh God.

    2 Now 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 various colors, and all kinds of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.

  • 1 Chr 22:4-5
    2 verses
    79%

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

    5 David said, "Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for Yahweh must be exceedingly 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%

    5 Behold, I purpose to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, as Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying, 'Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build the house for my name.'

    6 Now therefore command that they cut me cedar trees out of Lebanon. My servants shall be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants according to all that you shall say. For you know that there is not among us any who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians."

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

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

    16 and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you shall need; and we will bring it to you in floats by sea to Joppa; and you shall carry it up to Jerusalem."

  • Jer 22:14
    78%

    14 who says, I will build me a wide house and spacious rooms, and cuts him out windows; and it is ceiling with cedar, and painted with vermilion.

  • 1 Chr 14:1
    78%

    1 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%

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

  • Neh 2:8
    77%

    8 and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel by the temple, for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into." The king granted my requests, because of the good hand of my God on me.

  • 1 Chr 22:2
    77%

    2 David gave orders to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to cut worked stones to build the house of God.

  • 2 Chr 2:1
    77%

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

  • 2 Sam 5:11
    77%

    11 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%

    8 Go up to the mountain, bring wood, and build the house. I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified," says Yahweh.

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

    17 The king commanded, and they cut out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.

    18 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%

    8 Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, "I have heard the message which you have sent to me. I will do all your desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.

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

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

  • 2 Chr 2:12
    76%

    12 Huram continued, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, that should build a house for Yahweh, and a house for his kingdom.

  • 2 Chr 2:3
    76%

    3 Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, "As you dealt with David my father, and sent him cedars to build him a house in which to dwell, [even so deal with me].

  • 1 Kgs 7:2
    76%

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

  • 2 Chr 6:2
    76%

    2 But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you to dwell in forever."

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    76%

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

  • 2 Chr 3:5
    75%

    5 The greater house he made a ceiling with fir wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and chains.

  • 1 Chr 22:7
    75%

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

  • 2 Chr 34:11
    75%

    11 even to the carpenters and to the builders gave they it, to buy cut 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%

    10 He 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.'

    11 Now, my son, may Yahweh be with you and prosper you, and build the house of Yahweh your God, as he has spoken concerning you.

  • 1 Chr 29:16
    75%

    16 Yahweh our God, all this store that we have prepared to build you a house for your holy name comes from your hand, and is all your own.

  • 1 Chr 28:10
    75%

    10 Take heed now; for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it."

  • 1 Chr 28:2
    75%

    2 Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, "Hear me, my brothers, and my people! As for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and for the footstool of our God; and I had prepared for the building.

  • 1 Kgs 6:9
    74%

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

  • 1 Kgs 6:16
    74%

    16 He built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to 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%

    27 But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you; how much less this house that I have built!

  • 2 Kgs 12:12
    74%

    12 and to the masons and the stone cutters, and for buying timber and cut stone to repair the breaches of the house of Yahweh, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.

  • Eccl 2:4
    74%

    4 I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.

  • Ezra 6:4
    74%

    4 with 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%

    6 In all places in which I have walked with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'"'

  • Eccl 2:6
    74%

    6 I made myself pools of water, to water from it the forest where trees were reared.

  • 2 Chr 6:10
    74%

    10 "Yahweh has performed his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.