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2 Chronicles 2:16

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 2 Chronicles 2:16 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and 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.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and 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.
2 Chronicles 2:16 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Chronicles 2

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
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.
17And Solomon numbered all the sojourners that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
18And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people at work.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shall need, etc.] Both cedar and fir, (<110508>1 Kings 5:8,10), and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; a port in the Mediterranean sea, the same that Jonah went down to, (See Gill on “<110509>1 Kings 5:9”), and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem; in land carriages, about forty miles off.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“we will cut: Kg1 5:8, Kg1 5:9 as much as thou shalt need: Heb. according to all thy need, Joppa. Heb. Japho. Jos 19:46; Ezr 3:7; Joh 1:3; Act 9:36, Act 10:32 2 Chronicles 2:17”
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