2 Chronicles 2:9-11

Expanded Bible

⁹ Send me a ·lot [vast amount] of wood, because the ·temple [^Lhouse] I am going to build will be large and ·wonderful [magnificent]. ¹⁰ I will give your servants who cut the wood ·one hundred twenty-five thousand bushels [^Ltwenty thousand kors] of wheat, ·one hundred twenty-five thousand bushels [^Ltwenty thousand kors] of barley, ·one hundred fifteen thousand gallons [^Ltwenty thousand baths] of wine, and ·one hundred fifteen thousand gallons [^Ltwenty thousand baths] of oil.”

¹¹ Then ·Hiram [or Huram; v. 3] king of Tyre answered Solomon with this letter: “Solomon, because the Lord loves his people, he ·chose [made] you to be their king.”