2 Chronicles 1:15

1:15 The king made silver and gold as plentiful ¹  in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was ²  as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands. ³ 

2 Chronicles 9:27

9:27 The king made silver as plentiful ⁴  in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was ⁵  as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands ⁶ .

2 Chronicles 2:3

2:3 Solomon sent a message to King Huram ⁷  of Tyre: ⁸  “Help me ⁹  as you did my father David, when you sent him cedar logs ¹⁰  for the construction of his palace. ¹¹ 

2 Chronicles 2:8

2:8 Send me cedars, evergreens, and algum ¹²  trees from Lebanon, for I know your servants are adept ¹³  at cutting down trees in Lebanon. My servants will work with your servants

2 Chronicles 25:18

25:18 King Joash of Israel sent this message back to King Amaziah of Judah, “A thorn bush in Lebanon sent this message to a cedar in Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and trampled down the thorn bush. ¹⁴ 

¹ tn The words “as plentiful” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

² tn Heb “he made.”

³ tn Heb “as the sycamore fig trees which are in the Shephelah.”

⁴ tn The words “as plentiful” are supplied for clarification.

⁵ tn Heb “he made cedar.”

⁶ tn Heb “as the sycamore fig trees which are in the Shephelah.”

⁷ tn Heb “Huram.” Some medieval Hebrew mss, along with the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate spell the name “Hiram,” agreeing with 1 Chr 14:1. “Huram” is a variant spelling referring to the same individual.

⁸ map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

⁹ tn The words “help me” are supplied in the translation for clarification and stylistic reasons.

¹⁰ tn Heb “cedars.” The word “logs” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹¹ tn Heb “to build for him a house to live in it.”

¹⁰ 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.

¹¹ tn Heb “know.”

¹³ sn The thorn bush in the allegory is Judah. Amaziah’s success had deceived him into thinking he was on the same level as the major powers in the area (symbolized by the cedar). In reality he was not capable of withstanding an attack by a real military power such as Israel (symbolized by the wild animal).