KJV King James Version
Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
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2 Chronicles 2:15
Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now let my lord send to his servants the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine he promised.
WEB World English Bible
“Now therefore the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine, which my lord has spoken of, let him send to his servants:
ASV American Standard Version
Now therefore the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And, now, the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, as my lord said, let him send to his servants,
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 2
12 Huram said moreover, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s,
14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father [was] a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that [were] in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them [to be] bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand [to be] hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְ֠עַתָּהH6258 · at.tahnowהַחִטִּ֨יםH2406 · chit.tahwheatוְהַשְּׂעֹרִ֜יםH8184 · se.o.rahbarleyהַשֶּׁ֤מֶןH8081 · she.menoilוְהַיַּ֙יִן֙H3196 · ya.yinwineאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichאָמַ֣רH559 · a.marto sayאֲדֹנִ֔יH113 · a.donlordיִשְׁלַ֖חH7971 · sha.lachto send: departלַעֲבָדָֽיו׃H5650 · e.vedservant/slave
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 2:10And, 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.1 Kings 5:11And 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.
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