2 Chronicles 2:16

2:16 we will get all the timber you need from Lebanon ¹  and bring it ²  in raft-like bundles ³  by sea to Joppa. You can then haul it on up to Jerusalem.”

2 Chronicles 20:2

20:2 Messengers ⁴  arrived and reported to Jehoshaphat, “A huge army is attacking you from the other side of the Dead Sea, ⁵  from the direction of Edom. ⁶  Look, they are in Hazezon Tamar (that is, En Gedi).”

[2:16]  ¹ tn Heb “and we will cut down trees from Lebanon according to all your need.”

[2:16]  ² tn Heb “to you,” but this phrase has not been translated for stylistic reasons – it is somewhat redundant.

[2:16]  ³ tn Or “on rafts.” See the note at 1 Kgs 5:9.

[20:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “they”; the implied referent (messengers) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “the Sea”; in context (“from the direction of Edom”) this must refer to the Dead Sea, which has been specified in the translation for clarity (cf. NEB, NLT).

[20:2]  ⁶ tc Most Hebrew mss read “from Aram” (i.e., Syria), but this must be a corruption of “Edom,” which is the reading of the LXX and Vulgate.