2 Chronicles 2:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I will tell them to start cutting down trees in Lebanon. They will cut as many as you need, then tie them together into rafts, and float them down along the coast to Joppa. Your workers can take them to Jerusalem from there.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 22:2

David ordered the foreigners living in Israel to come to Jerusalem. Then he assigned some to cut blocks of stone for building the temple.

2 Chronicles 30:25

Everyone was very happy, including those from Judah and Israel, the priests and Levites, and the foreigners living in Judah and Israel.

2 Chronicles 8:7

Solomon did not force the Israelites to do his work. Instead, they were his soldiers, officers, army commanders, and cavalry troops. But he did make slaves of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites who were living in Israel. These were the descendants of those foreigners the Israelites did not destroy, and they remained Israel's slaves.

Ezra 3:7

King Cyrus of Persia had said the Israelites could have cedar trees brought from Lebanon to Joppa by sea. So they sent grain, wine, and olive oil to the cities of Tyre and Sidon as payment for these trees, and they gave money to the stoneworkers and carpenters.

Jonah 1:3

Instead, Jonah ran from the LORD. He went to the seaport of Joppa and bought a ticket on a ship that was going to Spain. Then he got on the ship and sailed away to escape.

John 1:3

And with this Word, God created all things. Nothing was made without the Word. Everything that was created

Acts 10:32

Now send to Joppa for Simon Peter. He is staying in the home of Simon the leather maker, who lives near the sea.”

Acts 9:36

In Joppa there was a follower named Tabitha. Her Greek name was Dorcas, which means “deer”. She was always doing good things for people and had given much to the poor.

Acts 9:38

Joppa wasn't far from Lydda, and the followers heard that Peter was there. They sent two men to say to him, “Please come with us as quickly as you can!”

Acts 9:42

Everyone in Joppa heard what had happened, and many of them put their faith in the Lord.

Acts 9:43

Peter stayed on for a while in Joppa in the house of a man named Simon, who made leather.

Joshua 9:27

but he did tell the Gibeonites that they would have to be servants of the nation of Israel. They would have to cut firewood and bring it for the priests to use for burning sacrifices on the LORD's altar, wherever the LORD decided the altar would be. The Gibeonites would also have to carry water for the priests. And that is still the work of the Gibeonites.