10 I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the trees, 100,000 bushels[a] of wheat flour, 100,000 bushels[b] of barley, 110,000 gallons[c] of wine, and 110,000 gallons[d] of oil.

Hiram’s Reply

11 Then King Hiram of Tyre wrote a letter[e] and sent it to Solomon:

Because the Lord loves His people, He set you over them as king.(A)

12 Hiram also said:

May the Lord God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth,(B) be praised! He gave King David a wise son with insight and understanding,(C) who will build a temple for the Lord and a royal palace for himself.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 2:10 Lit 20,000 cors
  2. 2 Chronicles 2:10 Lit 20,000 cors
  3. 2 Chronicles 2:10 Lit 20,000 baths
  4. 2 Chronicles 2:10 Lit 20,000 baths
  5. 2 Chronicles 2:11 Lit Tyre said in writing

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