2 Chronicles 2:8
Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
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Gill's Exposition
Even to prepare me timber in abundance,.... Since he would want a large quantity for raftering, cieling, wainscoting, and flooring the temple:
for the house which I am about to build shall be…
Solomon's wisdom was given him, not merely for speculation, to entertain himself (though it is indeed a princely entertainment), nor merely for conversation, to entertain his friends, but for action;…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
fir trees R.V. mg., cypress trees(which however are not now indigenous on Lebanon).
algum trees called almug treesin 1Ki 10:11-12 and there described as coming from Ophir. According to 1Ki 5:8 Solomon…