2 Tawarikh 2:8-9

2:8 Send me cedars, evergreens, and algum ¹  trees from Lebanon, for I know your servants are adept ²  at cutting down trees in Lebanon. My servants will work with your servants 2:9 to supply me with large quantities of timber, for I am building a great, magnificent temple.

2 Tawarikh 2:16

2:16 we will get all the timber you need from Lebanon ³  and bring it ⁴  in raft-like bundles ⁵  by sea to Joppa. You can then haul it on up to Jerusalem.”

[2:8]  ¹ tn This is probably a variant name for almug trees; see 9:10-11 and the parallel passage in 1 Kgs 10:11-12; cf. NLT. One or the other probably arose through metathesis of letters.

[2:8]  ² tn Heb “know.”

[2:16]  ³ tn Heb “and we will cut down trees from Lebanon according to all your need.”

[2:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “to you,” but this phrase has not been translated for stylistic reasons – it is somewhat redundant.

[2:16]  ⁵ tn Or “on rafts.” See the note at 1 Kgs 5:9.