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OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 10

2 Chronicles 2:10

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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.”

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2 Chronicles 2:7–13

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“Now therefore send me a man skillful to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, in iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue, and who knows how to engrave engravings, to be with the skillful men who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.

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“Send me also cedar trees, cypress trees, and algum trees out of Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon. Behold, my servants will be with your servants,

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even to prepare timber in abundance for me; for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.

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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.”

11

Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, “Because the LORD loves his people, he has made you king over them.”

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Huram continued, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, who would build a house for the LORD and a house for his kingdom.

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Now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, Huram-abi,

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  1. 1 cor is the same as a homer, or about 55.9 U. S. gallons (liquid) or 211 liters or 6 bushels, so 20,000 cors of wheat would weigh about 545 metric tons
  2. 1 bath is one tenth of a cor, or about 5.6 U. S. gallons or 21 liters or 2.4 pecks. 20,000 baths of barley would weigh about 262 metric tons.

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