2 Chronicles 2:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

And behold, I will give to your servants, the woodcutters 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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר חוּרָ֤ם מֶֽלֶךְ־צֹר֙ בִּכְתָ֔ב וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח אֶל־שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה בְּאַהֲבַ֤ת יְהוָה֙ אֶת־עַמּ֔וֹ נְתָנְךָ֥ עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם מֶֽלֶךְ׃

Transliteration

And-wayyōʾmer ḥûrām melek-ṣōr in-ḵətāḇ and-wayyišlaḥ to-šəlōmōh in-ʾahăḇat YHWH ʾet-ʿammô nətānḵā over-them melek.

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *ḥûrām*: proper noun, masculine singular - Huram/Hiram
• *melek*: common noun, masculine singular - king
• *ṣōr*: proper noun - Tyre
• *ḵətāḇ*: common noun, masculine singular - writing, letter
• *wayyišlaḥ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he sent
• *šəlōmōh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Solomon
• *ʾahăḇat*: common noun, feminine singular construct - love of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *ʿammô*: common noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his people
• *nətānḵā*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - he gave you

Word Meanings

• *ḵətāḇ*: writing, letter, document
• *ʾahăḇat*: love, affection, care
• *nətānḵā*: he gave you, he appointed you, he made you

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Hiram, king of Tyre, replied in writing and sent it to Solomon: "Because of the LORD's love for His people, He has made you their king."

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And beholde, I wyl geue vnto the carpenters thy seruauntes which hewe the tymber, twetye thousande quarters, of beaten wheate, and twentye thousande quarters of barlye, and twentye thousande Batthes of wyne, and twentye thousande Batthes of oyle.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And behold, I will giue to thy seruants the cutters & the hewers of timber twentie thousand measures of beaten wheate, & twentie thousand measures of barley, & twentie thousand baths of wine, and twentie thousand baths of oyle.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And behold, for the vse of thy seruauntes the cutters and hewers of timber, I haue geuen twentie thousande quarters of beaten wheat, and twentie thousand quarters of barlye, and twentie thousande battes of wine, and twentie thousande battes of oyle.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Behold, 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.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `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.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And I will give as food to your servants, the wood-cutters, twenty thousand measures of grain, and twenty thousand measures of barley and twenty thousand measures of wine and twenty thousand measures of oil.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Behold, 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."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Look, I will pay your servants who cut the timber 20,000 cors of ground wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 120,000 gallons of wine, and 120,000 gallons of olive oil.”

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 5:11 : 11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food for his household, and twenty measures of pure oil; this was given by Solomon to Hiram year by year.
• 1 Kgs 7:26 : 26 And it was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; it contained two thousand baths.
• 1 Kgs 7:38 : 38 Then he made ten bronze lavers; each laver held forty baths, each laver was four cubits; on each of the ten bases, one laver.
• Ezra 7:22 : 22 Up to one hundred talents of silver, and to one hundred measures of wheat, and to one hundred baths of wine, and to one hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
• Luke 10:7 : 7 And remain in the same house, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.
• Rom 13:7-8 : 7 Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor. 8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.