1 Chronicles 22:4
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New International Version (©2011)
He also provided more cedar logs than could be counted, for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought large numbers of them to David.

New Living Translation (©2007)
He also provided innumerable cedar logs, for the men of Tyre and Sidon had brought vast amounts of cedar to David.

English Standard Version (©2001)
and cedar timbers without number, for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought great quantities of cedar to David.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
and timbers of cedar logs beyond number, for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought large quantities of cedar timber to David.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
and innumerable cedar logs because the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large quantity of cedar logs to David.

International Standard Version (©2012)
as well as an innumerable amount of cedar logs, since the Sidonians and Tyrians brought vast amounts of cedar to David.

NET Bible (©2006)
and more cedar logs than could be counted. (The Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large amount of cedar logs to David.)

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The men of Sidon and Tyre brought David so many cedar logs that the logs couldn't be counted.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.

American King James Version
Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.

American Standard Version
and cedar-trees without number: for the Sidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar-trees in abundance to David.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the cedar trees were without number, which the Sidonians, and Tyrians brought to David.

Darby Bible Translation
and cedar-trees innumerable; for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar-wood in abundance to David.

English Revised Version
and cedar trees without number: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar trees in abundance to David.

Webster's Bible Translation
Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.

World English Bible
and cedar trees without number: for the Sidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar trees in abundance to David.

Young's Literal Translation
And cedar-trees even without number, for the Zidonians and the Tyrians brought in cedar-trees in abundance to David.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

22:1-5 On occasion of the terrible judgment inflicted on Israel for the sin of David, God pointed out the place where he would have the temple built; upon which, David was excited to make preparations for the great work. David must not build, but he would do all he could; he prepared abundantly before his death. What our hands find to do for God, and our souls, and those round us, let us do it with all our might, before our death; for after death there is no device nor working. And when the Lord refuses to employ us in those services which we desired, we must not be discouraged or idle, but do what we can, though in a humbler sphere.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 4. - The Zidonians and they of Tyre (see 1 Kings 5:6, 9, 13-18; 2 Chronicles 2:16-18). The interesting passages in Homer, Herodotus, and Strabo, which speak of Zidon, etc., are in entire accord with what is here said, and are well worth perusal; e.g. 'Iliad,' 6:289-295, "And she descended to the vaulted chamber, where were the garments all embroidered, the works of women of Sidon, whom the godlike Alexander himself brought from Sidon when he crossed the wide sea, by the way that he brought Helen of noble lineage;" 'Iliad,' 23. 743, 744, "And this vessel was of unsurpassed fame for beauty over all the land, for the men of Sidon, cunning artificers, had skilfully wrought it, and Phoenicians had brought it over the dark sea;" 'Odyssey,' 4:615-618, "And it was all silver, but the borders were mingled with gold. It was the work of Hephaestus. The illustrious Phademus, King of the Sidonians, gave it me when his palace sheltered me on my return thither;" 'Odyssey,' 15:424, "I boast to come from Sidon, famed for its skill in the working of brass." Similar references may be found in Herodotus (7:44, 96) and Strabo (16:2, § 23. See also 'Speaker's Commentary,' under 1 Kings 5:6).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Also cedar trees in abundance,.... To be sawed into boards and planks for the cieling, wainscotting, and flooring of the temple, and other things:

for the Zidonians, and they of Tyre, brought much cedar wood to David; from Mount Lebanon, which was chiefly in their possession; and which they did either of themselves as a free gift and present to him, or at his request, for which he paid them; and this is another thing prefiguring the help of the Gentiles in building up the church of Christ in Gospel times.

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David's Preparations for the Temple
…3And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight; 4Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David. 5And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be exceeding magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

Numbers 24:6 "Like valleys they spread out, like gardens beside a river, like aloes planted by the LORD, like cedars beside the waters.
1 Kings 5:6 "So give orders that cedars of Lebanon be cut for me. My men will work with yours, and I will pay you for your men whatever wages you set. You know that we have no one so skilled in felling timber as the Sidonians."