2 Chronicles 2:9

Modern

…to prepare for me timber in abundance, because the temple I am building will be great and wonderful.

Traditional

Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.

Literal

…to prepare for me trees in abundance, because the house that I am building is great and wonderful.

Latin

…ut parentur mihi ligna plurima. Domus enim quam cupio ædificare, magna est nimis, et inclyta.

Hebrew

English

…to prepare for me timber in abundance, because the temple I am building will be great and wonderful.

Theme notes and profiles

1 Kings 9:8
And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
2 Chronicles 2:5
The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
2 Chronicles 7:21
And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’