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A Clarified Text
Multiple commentators (Barnes, Ellicott, Gill) agree that the phrase "beaten wheat" is likely a minor scribal error. The parallel account in 1 Kings 5:11 uses the Hebrew word for "food." This shows how comparing different parts of Scripture helps scholars clarify the text, reinforcing the reliability of the overall message.
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2 Chronicles
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Chronicles 2:10
18th Century
Theologian
Beaten wheat - The Hebrew text is probably corrupt here. The true original may be restored from the marginal reference, where the wheat is s…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Chronicles 2:10
19th Century
Bishop
And, behold, I will give ... barley. —Rather, And, behold, for the hewers, that is, for the woodcutters, I will give …
John Gill
On 2 Chronicles 2:10
17th Century
Pastor
Behold, I will give to your servants, the hewers that cut
timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten whe…
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Matthew Henry
On 2 Chronicles 2:1–18
17th Century
Minister
Solomon informs Huram of the particular services to be performed in the temple. The mysteries of the true religion, unlike those of the Gentile sup…