2 Chronicles 2:10 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:1-10

Solomon's wisdom was given him, not merely for speculation, to entertain himself (though it is indeed a princely entertainment), nor merely for conversation, to entertain his friends, but for action; and therefore to action he immediately applies himself. Observe, I. His resolution within himself concerning his business (2 Chron. 2:1): He determined to build, in the first place, a house for the name of the Lord. It is fit that he who is the first should be served?first a temple and then a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:10

Behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat ,.... Meaning, not what was beaten out of the husk with the flail, as some; nor bruised or half broke for pottage, as others; but ground into flour, as R. Jonah F4 Apud Kimchium in loc. interprets it; or rather, perhaps, it should be rendered "food" F5 So Kimchi, מכת "pro" מכלת "ineuria librariorum", Schindler, Lex. Pentaglott. col. 73. that is, for his household, as in ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:1-10

A great project: the building of a temple. I. THE PROJECT CONCEIVED . ( 2 Chronicles 2:1 .) A project: 1 . Not new, but old. Not taken up by Solomon for the first time, but one his father David had years before meditated, though not permitted to execute it, because he had been "a man of war, and had shed blood '( 1 Chronicles 28:3 ). 2 . Not self-devised, but delegated, Not assumed out of vanity or from purely political motives, but handed down to him in circumstances... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:1-18

This chapter, in a homiletic point of view, invites attention to Those methods (or some of them) of religious enterprise which go to ensure success and to issue in real usefulness. For we may notice here— I. THE REPEATED RECORD , ON THE PART OF SOLOMON , OF HIS RESOLUTION OR DETERMINATION . "Solomon determined." The enterprise "of building a house to the Name of the Lord" had been set before him. He knew it had been in his father's mind. He had heard it in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:2-10

Human labour. Concerning the work in which we are engaged as men of action and production, we have here four suggestions. I. THE AMPLITUDE OF MATERIAL WITH WHICH GOD HAS SUPPLIED US . We have mention made ( 2 Chronicles 2:7 ) of different metals—gold, silver, brass, iron; and this enumeration is far from being exhaustive. We have reference ( 2 Chronicles 2:8 ) to different trees; and these are only a reminder of all the kinds of timber to be had in the forests... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:10

Beaten wheat . In 1 Kings 5:11 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 מִכּוֹת 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 1... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 2:10

Beaten wheat - The Hebrew text is probably corrupt here. The true original may be restored from marginal reference, where the wheat is said to have been given “for food.”The barley and the wine are omitted in Kings. The author of Chronicles probably filled out the statement which the writer of Kings has given in brief; the barley, wine, and ordinary oil, would be applied to the sustenance of the foreign laborers. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 2:10

2 Chronicles 2:10. Behold, I will give thy servants twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, &c. Solomon would not feed his workmen with bread and water, but with plenty of provisions, and of the best kind. They that employ labourers ought to take care that they be not only well paid, but well provided for, with sufficient of that which is wholesome and proper for them. Let rich masters do for their poor servants and workmen as they would be done by it the tables were turned. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:1-18

Construction of the temple (2:1-7:22)With the help of King Hiram of Tyre, Solomon prepared materials and arranged a workforce to build the planned temple (2:1-18; see notes on 1 Kings 5:1-18). Construction went on for seven years, until the temple, its furniture, its courtyard, and all other articles and decorations connected with it were completed according to plan (3:1-5:1; see notes on 1 Kings 6:1-7:51). The temple was then dedicated to God (5:2-7:22; see notes on 1 Kings 8:1-9:9). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 2:10

I will give to thy servants. No discrepancy here with 1 Kings 5:11 . There the allowance was for Hiram's household at Tyre; here for Hiram's labourers in Lebanon. beaten wheat: i.e. wheat prepared for food. baths. See App-51 . read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:1-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:10

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:2-10

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 2:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 2:10

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:1-18

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 2:10

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