10 Now behold, (A)I will give your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, [a]twenty thousand kors of crushed wheat, twenty thousand kors of barley, [b]twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.”

Huram to Assist

11 Then Huram, king of Tyre, [c]answered in a letter sent to Solomon: “(B)Because the Lord loves His people, He has made you king over them.” 12 Then Huram [d]continued, “Blessed be (C)the Lord, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, [e]endowed with discretion and understanding, (D)who will build a house for the Lord and a [f]royal palace for himself.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 2:10 About 154,000 cubic feet or 4,360 cubic meters
  2. 2 Chronicles 2:10 About 120,000 gallons or 454,249 liters
  3. 2 Chronicles 2:11 Lit said...and he sent
  4. 2 Chronicles 2:12 Lit said
  5. 2 Chronicles 2:12 Lit knowing discretion
  6. 2 Chronicles 2:12 Lit house for his royalty

10 看哪,我必給你僕人,就是砍伐樹木的伐木工,二萬歌珥壓碎的小麥[a],二萬歌珥大麥,二萬罷特酒,二萬罷特油。」

11 推羅希蘭寫信回答所羅門說:「耶和華因為愛他的百姓,所以立你作他們的王。」 12 又說:「創造天和地的耶和華—以色列的 神是應當稱頌的!他賜給大衛王一個有智慧的兒子,使他有見識,有聰明,可以為耶和華建造殿宇,又為自己的王國建造宮殿。

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  1. 2.10 「二萬歌珥壓碎的小麥」:七十士譯本是「食物:二萬歌珥小麥」。

10 I will give your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, twenty thousand cors[a] of ground wheat, twenty thousand cors[b] of barley, twenty thousand baths[c] of wine and twenty thousand baths of olive oil.(A)

11 Hiram king of Tyre replied by letter to Solomon:

“Because the Lord loves(B) his people, he has made you their king.”

12 And Hiram added:

“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth!(C) He has given King David a wise son, endowed with intelligence and discernment, who will build a temple for the Lord and a palace for himself.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 2:10 That is, probably about 3,600 tons or about 3,200 metric tons of wheat
  2. 2 Chronicles 2:10 That is, probably about 3,000 tons or about 2,700 metric tons of barley
  3. 2 Chronicles 2:10 That is, about 120,000 gallons or about 440,000 liters