Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 22:4
and more cedar logs than could be counted; for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large quantity of cedar logs to David.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records David’s material preparations while Solomon remains young and inexperienced. This inventory occurs during David’s final years as he secures resources before his death.
The words — The phrase לְ/אֵ֣ין מִסְפָּ֑ר (le./'ein mis.par) literally translates to “to there not number.” It directly modifies the cedar logs, marking their quantity as uncountable.
The thread — The text notes that Sidonians and Tyrians brought these logs to David, echoing the timber supply in 2 Samuel 5:11. It also establishes the supply pattern later formalized in 1 Kings 5:6 and 2 Chronicles 2:3.
Why it lands — The verse states a logistical fact about foreign-sourced materials rather than issuing a command. It requires the reader to account for the political alliances and physical scale required to prepare for the temple.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 5:6 Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging as the Sidonians.”
- 2 Samuel 5:11 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.
- 2 Chronicles 2:3 Then Solomon sent word to Hiram king of Tyre: “Do for me as you did for my father David when you sent him cedars to build himself a house to live in.
- Ezra 3:7 They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.