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wine, and 110,000 gallons of olive oil.” <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> I will give for your servants, the woodsmen who cut timber, 20,000 cors of crushed wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 20,000 baths of wine, and 20,000 baths of oil.” <a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> I will pay your servants, the woodcutters, 20,000 cors of ground wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 20,000 baths of wine, and 20,000 baths of olive oil.” <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/2.htm">King James Bible</a> And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. <a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/2.htm">New King James Version</a> And indeed I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut timber, twenty thousand kors of ground wheat, twenty thousand kors of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. <a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Now behold, I will give your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, twenty thousand kors of crushed wheat, twenty thousand kors of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.” <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Now behold, I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, 20,000 kors of crushed wheat and 20,000 kors of barley, and 20,000 baths of wine and 20,000 baths of oil.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Now behold, I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, 20,000 kors of crushed wheat, and 20,000 kors of barley, and 20,000 baths of wine, and 20,000 baths of oil.” <a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And behold, I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, 20,000 kors of crushed wheat and 20,000 kors of barley, and 20,000 baths of wine and 20,000 baths of oil.” <a href="/amp/2_chronicles/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And I will give to your servants who cut timber, 20,000 measures of crushed wheat and 20,000 measures of barley, and 20,000 baths of wine and 20,000 baths of [olive] oil.” <a href="/csb/2_chronicles/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the trees, one hundred twenty thousand bushels of wheat flour, one hundred twenty thousand bushels of barley, one hundred twenty thousand gallons of wine, and one hundred twenty thousand gallons of oil. <a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the trees, 100,000 bushels of wheat flour, 100,000 bushels of barley, 110,000 gallons of wine, and 110,000 gallons of oil. <a href="/asv/2_chronicles/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. <a href="/cev/2_chronicles/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I will pay your woodcutters 2,000 tons of wheat, the same amount of barley, 400,000 liters of wine, and that same amount of olive oil. <a href="/erv/2_chronicles/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. <a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I will give your lumberjacks 120,000 bushels of ground wheat, 120,000 bushels of barley, 200,000 gallons of wine, and 200,000 gallons of olive oil." <a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> As provisions for your lumbermen, I will send you 100,000 bushels of wheat, 100,000 bushels of barley, 110,000 gallons of wine, and 110,000 gallons of olive oil." <a href="/isv/2_chronicles/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Now look! I will pay your servants, the lumberjacks who prepare the timber, 20,000 measures of barley, 20,000 baths of wine, and 20,000 baths of oil." <a href="/net/2_chronicles/2.htm">NET Bible</a> Look, I will pay your servants who cut the timber 20,000 kors of ground wheat, 20,000 kors of barley, 120,000 gallons of wine, and 120,000 gallons of olive oil." <a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Look, I will give to your servants, the cutters who cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil." <a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/2_chronicles/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> I will pay your servants, the woodcutters, 20,000 cors of ground wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 20,000 baths of wine, and 20,000 baths of olive oil.” <a href="/web/2_chronicles/2.htm">World English Bible</a> Behold, I will give to your servants, the cutters who cut timber, twenty thousand cors of beaten wheat, twenty thousand baths of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And behold, I have given to your servants, to hewers, to those cutting the trees, twenty thousand cors of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand cors of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.” <a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'And lo, to hewers, to those cutting the trees, I have given beaten wheat to thy servants, cors twenty thousand, and barley, cors twenty thousand, and wine, baths twenty thousand, and oil, baths twenty thousand.' <a href="/slt/2_chronicles/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And behold, to those hewing, to those cutting woods, wheat, the beatings out to thy servants twenty thousand cors, and barley, twenty thousand cors, and wine, twenty thousand baths, and oil, twenty thousand baths.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And I will give thy servants the workmen that are to cut down the trees, for their food twenty thousand cores of wheat, and as many cores of barley, and twenty thousand measures of wine, and twenty thousand measures of oil. <a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> In addition, I will give to your servants, the workers who will cut down the trees, for provisions: twenty thousand cor of wheat, and the same number of cor of barley, and twenty thousand measures of wine, as well as twenty thousand good measures of oil.” <a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/2.htm">New American Bible</a> I will furnish as food for your servants, the woodcutters, twenty thousand kors of wheat, twenty thousand kors of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.” <a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> I will provide for your servants, those who cut the timber, twenty thousand cors of crushed wheat, twenty thousand cors of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And I will provide carpenters who are skilled in woodwork, and will give provisions to your servants, twenty thousand measures of wheat and twenty thousand measures of barley and twenty thousand baths of wine and twenty thousand baths of oil. <a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And I am bringing Carpenters who are skillful and I am giving to your Servants twenty thousand cors of wheat provision, and twenty thousand cors of barley and twenty thousand quadrantals of wine and twenty thousand quadrantals of oil.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.' <a href="/sep/2_chronicles/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And, behold, I have given freely to thy servants that work and cut the wood, corn for food, even twenty thousand measures of wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand measures of wine, and twenty thousand measures of oil. <a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/2-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=312" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/2.htm">Preparations for the Temple</a> …9to prepare for me timber in abundance, because the temple I am building will be great and wonderful. 10<a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: wə·hin·nêh (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!"></a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯat·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">I will pay</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: la·‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">your servants,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2404.htm" title="2404: la·ḥō·ṭə·ḇîm (Prep-l, Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To cut or gather wood. A primitive root; to chop or carve wood.">the woodcutters,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: lə·ḵō·rə·ṯê (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="6086: hā·‘ê·ṣîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Tree, trees, wood. From atsah; a tree; hence, wood."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: ‘eś·rîm (Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth.">20,000</a> <a href="/hebrew/505.htm" title="505: ’e·lep̄ (Number-ms) -- A thousand. Prop, the same as 'eleph; hence a thousand."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3734.htm" title="3734: kō·rîm (N-mp) -- From the same as kuwr; properly, a deep round vessel, i.e. a cor or measure for things dry.">cors</a> <a href="/hebrew/4347.htm" title="4347: mak·kō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- A blow, wound, slaughter. Or makkeh; from nakah; a blow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence.">of ground</a> <a href="/hebrew/2406.htm" title="2406: ḥiṭ·ṭîm (N-fp) -- Wheat. Of uncertain derivation; wheat, whether the grain or the plant.">wheat,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: ‘eś·rîm (Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth.">20,000</a> <a href="/hebrew/505.htm" title="505: ’ā·lep̄ (Number-ms) -- A thousand. Prop, the same as 'eleph; hence a thousand."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3734.htm" title="3734: kō·rîm (N-mp) -- From the same as kuwr; properly, a deep round vessel, i.e. a cor or measure for things dry.">cors</a> <a href="/hebrew/8184.htm" title="8184: ū·śə·‘ō·rîm (Conj-w:: N-fp) -- Barley. Or snowrah; and; also s or; or s-owr; from sa'ar in the sense of roughness; barley.">of barley,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: ‘eś·rîm (Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth.">20,000</a> <a href="/hebrew/505.htm" title="505: ’e·lep̄ (Number-ms) -- A thousand. Prop, the same as 'eleph; hence a thousand."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1324.htm" title="1324: bat·tîm (N-fp) -- A bath (a Heb. measure). Probably from the same as battah; a bath or Hebrew measure of liquids.">baths</a> <a href="/hebrew/3196.htm" title="3196: wə·ya·yin (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Wine. From an unused root meaning to effervesce; wine; by implication, intoxication.">of wine,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: ‘eś·rîm (Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth.">and 20,000</a> <a href="/hebrew/505.htm" title="505: ’ā·lep̄ (Number-ms) -- A thousand. Prop, the same as 'eleph; hence a thousand."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1324.htm" title="1324: bat·tîm (N-fp) -- A bath (a Heb. measure). Probably from the same as battah; a bath or Hebrew measure of liquids.">baths</a> <a href="/hebrew/8081.htm" title="8081: wə·še·men (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Fat, oil. From shaman; grease, especially liquid; figuratively, richness.">of olive oil.”</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/1_kings/5-11.htm">1 Kings 5:11</a> and year after year Solomon would provide Hiram with 20,000 cors of wheat as food for his household, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil. <a href="/1_kings/5-6.htm">1 Kings 5:6-10</a> Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging as the Sidonians.” / When Hiram received Solomon’s message, he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the LORD this day! He has given David a wise son over this great people!” / Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying: “I have received your message; I will do all you desire regarding the cedar and cypress timber. ... <a href="/ezra/3-7.htm">Ezra 3:7</a> They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia. <a href="/1_kings/9-11.htm">1 Kings 9:11-14</a> King Solomon gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, who had supplied him with cedar and cypress logs and gold for his every desire. / So Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the towns that Solomon had given him, but he was not pleased with them. / “What are these towns you have given me, my brother?” asked Hiram, and he called them the Land of Cabul, as they are called to this day. ... <a href="/1_kings/10-10.htm">1 Kings 10:10</a> Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again were spices in such abundance brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. <a href="/1_kings/10-25.htm">1 Kings 10:25</a> Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules. <a href="/1_kings/4-21.htm">1 Kings 4:21</a> And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life. <a href="/1_kings/4-27.htm">1 Kings 4:27</a> Each month the governors in turn provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking. <a href="/1_kings/10-27.htm">1 Kings 10:27</a> The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills. <a href="/1_kings/10-28.htm">1 Kings 10:28-29</a> Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue. / A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram. <a href="/1_kings/5-1.htm">1 Kings 5:1-5</a> Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David. / And Solomon relayed this message to Hiram: / “As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet. ... <a href="/1_kings/5-12.htm">1 Kings 5:12</a> And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as He had promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty. <a href="/1_kings/5-18.htm">1 Kings 5:18</a> So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple. <a href="/1_kings/9-26.htm">1 Kings 9:26-28</a> King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea. / And Hiram sent his servants, sailors who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants. / They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon. <a href="/1_kings/10-22.htm">1 Kings 10:22</a> For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And, behold, I will give to your servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.I will give<a href="/1_kings/5-11.htm">1 Kings 5:11</a> And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.<a href="/luke/10-7.htm">Luke 10:7</a> And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.<a href="/romans/13-7.htm">Romans 13:7,8</a> Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour… baths of wine<a href="/1_kings/7-26.htm">1 Kings 7:26,38</a> And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths… <a href="/ezra/7-22.htm">Ezra 7:22</a> Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_chronicles/11-13.htm">Barley</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-38.htm">Baths</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-17.htm">Beaten</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-29.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-8.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-2.htm">Cutters</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-2.htm">Hewers</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-11.htm">Kors</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-29.htm">Measures</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/27-28.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-8.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-2.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-9.htm">Timber</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/27-23.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-23.htm">Wheat</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/27-27.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/2-15.htm">Barley</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-5.htm">Baths</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/9-15.htm">Beaten</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/15-6.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-16.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-18.htm">Cutters</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-18.htm">Hewers</a> <a href="/ezra/7-22.htm">Kors</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/27-5.htm">Measures</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-15.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-15.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-17.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-14.htm">Timber</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-3.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-15.htm">Wheat</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-15.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 2</div>1. <a href="/2_chronicles/2-1.htm">Solomon's laborers for the building of the temple</a> 3. <a href="/2_chronicles/2-3.htm">His ambassage to Huram for workmen and provisions</a> 11. <a href="/2_chronicles/2-11.htm">Huram sends him a kind answer</a> 17</div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_chronicles/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_chronicles/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_chronicles/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>I will pay your servants, the woodcutters This phrase highlights the economic and diplomatic relationships between Israel and its neighboring nations. Solomon's agreement to pay the woodcutters reflects the importance of skilled labor in ancient construction projects, particularly for the building of the temple. The woodcutters were likely from Tyre, a region known for its skilled laborers and abundant cedar trees. This arrangement underscores the cooperation between Solomon and Hiram, king of Tyre, as seen in <a href="/1_kings/5.htm">1 Kings 5:1-12</a>, where Hiram provides materials and labor for the temple.20,000 cors of ground wheat A "cor" is a large unit of dry measure, approximately equivalent to 6.24 bushels or 220 liters. The provision of wheat indicates the agricultural wealth of Israel and the importance of grain as a staple food. This payment in kind reflects the agrarian economy of the time and the necessity of sustaining a large workforce. The wheat also symbolizes sustenance and provision, themes prevalent throughout Scripture, such as in the Lord's Prayer (<a href="/matthew/6-11.htm">Matthew 6:11</a>).20,000 cors of barley Barley was a common grain in ancient Israel, often used as food for both people and animals. It was less expensive than wheat and typically harvested earlier. The inclusion of barley in the payment suggests a comprehensive provision for the workers' needs. Barley is also significant in biblical narratives, such as the feeding of the 5,000 (<a href="/john/6-9.htm">John 6:9</a>), where barley loaves are used, symbolizing God's provision and abundance.20,000 baths of wine A "bath" is a unit of liquid measure, approximately equivalent to 22 liters or 5.8 gallons. Wine was a common beverage in the ancient Near East, often safer to drink than water due to fermentation. It was also used in religious rituals and celebrations. The provision of wine indicates the cultural importance of hospitality and the sustenance of the workers. Wine is frequently used in Scripture as a symbol of joy and blessing, as seen in <a href="/psalms/104-15.htm">Psalm 104:15</a> and the wedding at Cana (<a href="/john/2.htm">John 2:1-11</a>).and 20,000 baths of olive oil Olive oil was a valuable commodity in ancient Israel, used for cooking, lighting, anointing, and religious offerings. Its inclusion in the payment highlights its economic and cultural significance. Olive oil is often associated with anointing and consecration in the Bible, as seen in the anointing of kings (<a href="/1_samuel/16-13.htm">1 Samuel 16:13</a>) and its use in the tabernacle (<a href="/exodus/27-20.htm">Exodus 27:20</a>). The provision of olive oil underscores the theme of dedication and service to God, as the temple construction was a sacred task.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a> The king of Israel, son of David, known for his wisdom and for building the Temple in Jerusalem. 2. <a href="/topical/h/hiram.htm">Hiram</a> The king of Tyre, who provided materials and skilled laborers for the construction of the Temple. 3. <a href="/topical/w/woodsmen.htm">Woodsmen</a> Skilled laborers from Tyre who were tasked with cutting timber for the Temple. 4. <a href="/topical/t/tyre.htm">Tyre</a> A significant city and kingdom known for its skilled craftsmen and trade, located in modern-day Lebanon. 5. <a href="/topical/t/temple_construction.htm">Temple Construction</a> The event of building the Temple in Jerusalem, a central place of worship for the Israelites.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/generosity_in_god's_work.htm">Generosity in God's Work</a> Solomon's provision for the workers reflects a generous spirit in supporting those who contribute to God's work. We are called to be generous with our resources in service to God. <a href="/topical/c/collaboration_for_a_greater_purpose.htm">Collaboration for a Greater Purpose</a> The partnership between Solomon and Hiram illustrates the importance of working together with others, even those outside our immediate community, to achieve God's purposes. <a href="/topical/p/provision_and_abundance.htm">Provision and Abundance</a> The abundance of resources provided by Solomon is a reminder of God's provision. We should trust in God's ability to supply our needs as we engage in His work. <a href="/topical/w/wisdom_in_leadership.htm">Wisdom in Leadership</a> Solomon's strategic planning and resource management demonstrate the importance of wisdom in leadership. Leaders today should seek God's wisdom in their decisions and actions.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 2</a> <a href="/q/why_does_2_chron_5_10_differ_from_heb_9_4.htm">2 Chronicles 5:10 - Why does this verse say only the tablets were in the Ark when Hebrews 9:4 mentions additional items, creating a seeming contradiction?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_the_bronze_sea's_capacity_differ.htm">How do we reconcile the apparent capacity discrepancy of the bronze sea between 1 Kings 7:26 (2,000 baths) and 2 Chronicles 4:5 (3,000 baths)?</a> <a href="/q/how_many_baths_did_solomon_build.htm">Solomon built a facility containing how many baths? Two thousand (1 Kings 7:26) Over three thousand (2 Chronicles 4:5)</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_1_chr_10_4_and_2_sam_1_10.htm">How can 1 Chronicles 10's account that Saul died by falling on his own sword (1 Chronicles 10:4) be reconciled with 2 Samuel 1:10, where an Amalekite claims to have killed him?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) And, behold, I will give . . . barley.--Rather, And, behold, for the hewers, that is, for the woodcutters, I will give wheat as food for thy servants, viz., twenty thousand kors, and barley twenty thousand kors, &c. "For the hewers" may mean "as for the hewers," or perhaps "on account of the hewers" (<a href="/genesis/4-23.htm" title="And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; you wives of Lamech, listen to my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.">Genesis 4:23</a>). The latter sense would bring the verse into substantial harmony with <a href="/1_kings/5-11.htm" title="And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.">1Kings 5:11</a>, where we read: "And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand kors of wheat as food for his household, and twenty kors" (LXX., 20,000 baths) "of pure o: so used Solomon to give to Hiram year by year," i.e., during his building operations.Beaten wheat.--The Hebrew (hittim makkoth) is literally wheat--strokes. But it is obvious that makkoth is a misreading for makk?leth, food, the word used in <a href="/1_kings/5-11.htm" title="And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.">1Kings 5:11</a>; and so the LXX. renders. The expression "thy servants" here seems to correspond with the phrase" his household "there; and the drift of the whole passage is that, in return for the services of the Tyrian artificers, Solomon engages to supply Hiram's royal household with provisions of corn and wine and oil.Others assume, without much likelihood, that the two passages relate to two distinct agreements, by one of which Solomon undertook to supply Hiram's court, and by the other his Tyrian workmen, with provisions.Hewers (hot?bim).--An old word, not recurring in the chronicle, and therefore explained by the writer.Measures (k?rim).--The kor was a dry measure = one quarter. (Syriac, reb'e, "quarters.") The bath, a liquid measure, of six or seven gallons' capacity. Both words occur in the Greek of <a href="/context/luke/16-6.htm" title="And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take your bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.">Luke 16:6-7</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 10. - Beaten wheat. In <a href="/1_kings/5-11.htm">1 Kings 5:11</a> the language is "wheat for food" (מַכֹּלֶת), while the Septuagint gives καὶ μαχεὶρ. In our present passage the Septuagint gives εἰς βρώματα, suggesting at once that our Hebrew מִכּות is an error for מַכֹּלֶת. The former Hebrew word is that constantly employed for "plagues," "strokes," etc., and it is nowhere but in this place rendered "beaten." I will give to thy servants. This passage is hard to reconcile with what is said in <a href="/1_kings/5-11.htm">1 Kings 5:11</a>; but meantime it is not certain that it needs to be reconciled with it. It is possible that the two passages are distinct. The contents of the present verse, at all events, need not be credited with any ambiguity, unless, indeed, we would wish it more definite, whether the expression, "I will give to thy servants," may not be quite as correctly understood, "for thy servants," i.e. to thee as the hire of them. If this be so, it would enable us to give at once all the wheat, and two hundred out of the 20,000 baths of oil, for the consumption, not of the literal workmen, but of the royal household. Then this granted, the verse, though not identical with <a href="/1_kings/5-11.htm">1 Kings 5:11</a>, is brought into harmony with it. Reverting to the statement in <a href="/1_kings/5.htm">1 Kings 5</a>, what we learn is that Solomon, in his application to Hiram, offers payment for the hire of his servants such as he shall appoint (ver. 6). Hiram's reply is that he shall be satisfied to receive as payment "food for his household" (ver. 9), the amount of it and the annual payment of it being specified in ver. 11. This is the whole case, the discrepancies in which are plain, but they do not amount to contradictions. The appearance that is worn on the face of things is that the writer in Chronicles gives what came to be the final arrangement as to remuneration, though confessedly it is placed as much as the account in Kings in the draft of Solomon's original application to Hiram. Measures. These were cots, and the cot was the same as the homer. From a calculation of some doubtfulness, however, made under the suggestions of <a href="/1_kings/4-22.htm">1 Kings 4:22</a>, it has been said that the consumption of the royal household of Solomon was above 32,000 measures. The cor, or homer, was the largest of the five dry measures of capacity, being equal to 180 cabs, 100 omers, 30 seahe, 10 ephahs (see Dr. Smith's 'Bible Dictionary,' 3.1741), though what was the exact value of any one of these in modern measures has only been uncertainly and very approximately arrived at. Baths. The bath was the largest of the three liquid measures of capacity, being equal to 6 bins and 72 logs (see same 'Dictionary,' 3:1740). <a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/2-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>I will pay נָתַתִּי֩ (nā·ṯat·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set your servants, לַעֲבָדֶ֗יךָ (la·‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> Slave, servant the woodcutters, לַֽחֹטְבִ֣ים ׀ (la·ḥō·ṭə·ḇîm) Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2404.htm">Strong's 2404: </a> To cut or gather wood 20,000 {} עֶשְׂרִ֣ים (‘eś·rîm) Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6242.htm">Strong's 6242: </a> Twenty, twentieth cors כֹּרִים֙ (kō·rîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3734.htm">Strong's 3734: </a> A deep round vessel, a cor, a dry measure of ground מַכּ֜וֹת (mak·kō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4347.htm">Strong's 4347: </a> A wound, carnage, pestilence wheat, חִטִּ֨ים ׀ (ḥiṭ·ṭîm) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2406.htm">Strong's 2406: </a> Wheat 20,000 {} עֶשְׂרִ֣ים (‘eś·rîm) Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6242.htm">Strong's 6242: </a> Twenty, twentieth cors כֹּרִ֖ים (kō·rîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3734.htm">Strong's 3734: </a> A deep round vessel, a cor, a dry measure of barley, וּשְׂעֹרִ֕ים (ū·śə·‘ō·rîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8184.htm">Strong's 8184: </a> Barley 20,000 {} עֶשְׂרִ֣ים (‘eś·rîm) Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6242.htm">Strong's 6242: </a> Twenty, twentieth baths בַּתִּים֙ (bat·tîm) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1324.htm">Strong's 1324: </a> A bath (a Hebrew measure) of wine, וְיַ֗יִן (wə·ya·yin) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3196.htm">Strong's 3196: </a> Wine, intoxication and 20,000 {} עֶשְׂרִ֥ים (‘eś·rîm) Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6242.htm">Strong's 6242: </a> Twenty, twentieth baths בַּתִּ֖ים (bat·tîm) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1324.htm">Strong's 1324: </a> A bath (a Hebrew measure) of olive oil.” וְשֶׁ֕מֶן (wə·še·men) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8081.htm">Strong's 8081: </a> Grease, liquid, richness <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/2-10.htm">2 Chronicles 2:10 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/2-10.htm">2 Chronicles 2:10 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/2-10.htm">2 Chronicles 2:10 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/2-10.htm">2 Chronicles 2:10 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/2-10.htm">2 Chronicles 2:10 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/2-10.htm">2 Chronicles 2:10 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/2-10.htm">2 Chronicles 2:10 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/2-10.htm">2 Chronicles 2:10 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/2-10.htm">2 Chronicles 2:10 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/2-10.htm">2 Chronicles 2:10 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-10.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 2:10 Behold I will give to your servants (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/2-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 2:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 2:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/2-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 2:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 2:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>