2 Chronicles / Question
Solomon asked Huram for a skilled craftsman and for timber—cedar, fir, and algum—from Lebanon. He also described the scale of offerings and supplies needed for the work (2 Chronicles 2:7-10).
In 2 Chronicles 2:7–10, Solomon tells Hiram what he needs for building the temple: an expert craftsperson and large amounts of high-quality wood from Lebanon. He stresses that Hiram’s workers know the forest work and proposes a joint labor arrangement with Israelite workers assisting. This passage sits inside Solomon’s preparation phase for the temple, where the narrative emphasizes planning, international cooperation, and organized labor. It follows Solomon’s initial approach to Hiram and now spells out concrete requirements and terms.
2 Chronicles 2:7–10 presents Solomon as organizing the temple project through careful planning, outside partnership, and clear terms. The text is concrete: Solomon asks for a top-level craft expert, specific kinds of timber from Lebanon, coordinated labor between the two workforces, and a defined package of provisions given to the cutters.
A careful answer keeps the immediate passage, the book's argument, and the whole-Bible storyline together, so the question is answered in context instead of as a detached idea.
Start with 2 Chronicles 2:7-10, then read the surrounding section so the answer stays connected to the passage's flow.
7Now therefore send me a man skillful to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and who knows how to engrave [all manner of] engravings, [to be] with the skillful men who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
8Send me also cedar-trees, fir-trees, and algum-trees, out of Lebanon; for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon: and, behold, my servants shall be with your servants,
9even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
10Behold, 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.