and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you need. We will bring it to you in rafts by sea to Joppa; then you shall carry it up to Jerusalem.”
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and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you need. We will bring it to you in rafts by sea to Joppa; then you shall carry it up to Jerusalem.”
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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.
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(2-15) 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.'
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 2:16 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 19:46 Me Jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border opposite Joppa.
- 1 Kings 5:8-9 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 cypress timber. My servants will bring them down from Lebanon to the sea. I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place that you specify to me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and you will receive them. You will accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.”
- Ezra 3:7 They also gave money to the masons, and to the carpenters. They also gave food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from Cyrus King of Persia.
- John 1:3 All things were made through him. Without him, nothing was made that has been made.
- Acts 9:36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which when translated, means Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did.
- Acts 10:32 Send therefore to Joppa, and summon Simon, who is also called Peter. He is staying in the house of a tanner named Simon, by the seaside. When he comes, he will speak to you.’
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, ships.
Or, ships.
Or, Joppa.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 2:16 And we will cut wood out of…
2Ch 2:16 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.
Ver. 16. And we will cut wood.] See the benefit of a good neighbour, ready to every good office, as Hesiod describeth him.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he set threescore and ten thousand of them,....…
And he set threescore and ten thousand of them,.... Which is repeated from Ch2 2:2, to show how the above number of strangers were disposed of; 70,000 of them bearers of burdens, 80,000 of them hewers of wood, and 3,600 overseers of the workmen, in all 153,600; an emblem of the Gentiles employed in building the spiritual temple, the church, Zac 6:15.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 16. In floats by sea to Joppa] 1Kg…
Verse 16. In floats by sea to Joppa] 1Kg 5:9, and on the parallel places, for other matters contained in this chapter.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Floats. So the Septuagint well express the Hebrew raphsodoth,…
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Floats. So the Septuagint well express the Hebrew raphsodoth, which seems to be borrowed from the Greek Rapsodia, which denotes a collection of verses (Calmet) and was applied to Homer’s poems, before they were collected. (Ælian xiii. 14.) Joppe was a port much used, (Calmet) though dangerous. (Josephus, Jewish Wars iii. 15.)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16. Joppa] Hebrew, Japho, modern Jaffa (Yâfâ).
16. Joppa] Hebrew, Japho, modern Jaffa (Yâfâ).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (16) And we will cut wood.—The we is emphatic,…
(16) And we will cut wood.—The we is emphatic, and we, on our part, the pronoun being expressed in the Hebrew.
Wood (= “timber,” 2Ch_2:8-10; 2Ch_2:14).—Properly trees.
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As much as thou shalt need.—See margin. “Need” (çôrek) occurs here only in the Old Testament. The word is common in the Targums, and in Rabbinic writings; 1Ki_5:8 has the classical phrase, “all thy desire.”
In flotes.—Heb., raphsôdôth. Another isolated expression. Rendered “rafts” by the LXX. and Vulgate, but omitted by Syriac and Arabic. 1Ki_5:9 has dôbĕrôth, “rafts,” which settles the meaning.
To Joppa.—1Ki_5:9 has the less definite “unto the place that thou shalt appoint me.” Joppa (modern Jaffa) was the harbour nearest Jerusalem.
And thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.—This interprets the curt phrase of 1Ki_5:9, “and thou shalt take (them) away.”
A comparison of this and the parallel account of Huram’s letter makes it clear (1) that the chronicler has not written without knowledge of the older text; (2; that neither text has preserved the exact form of the original documents. From Josephus (Ant. viii. 2, 8) it would appear that some record of the negotiations between Huram and Solomon was still extant at Tyre in his day, if only we might trust his authority.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Joppa, This was one of the most ancient of…
Joppa, This was one of the most ancient of towns, and is referred to by Pliny ("Hist. Nat.," 5:13), as "Joppa Phoenicum, antiquior terrarum inundatione, ut ferunt." Its name (wOpy "beauty") is said to have been justified by the beautiful groves in its neighbourhood. It is mentioned Jos_19:46 as Japho, where also we learn the circumstances under which the Dan tribe were possessed of it. It is remarkable that it is not mentioned again till our present verse, not even in the parallel. (1Ki_5:9) But it appears again in Ezr_3:7; Jon_1:3, and in several places in the Acts of the Apostles. The modern name of it is Joffa, and it is not reputed as a good port now. It was distant from Jerusalem some thirty-four miles. The carriage of the tim-bet this road-journey is nowhere described in detail, nor is the exact spot of the coast west of Lebanon mentioned where the flotes were made, and thence despatched.
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