My servants shall bring [them] down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive [them]: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
Ver. 9. Unto the place that thou shalt appoint me.] To Joppa, 2Ch 2:16 which had a harbour. Act 9:43
And thou shalt receive them.] David had, before his death, prepared abundantly both workmen and cedar trees, &c., 1 Chronicles 22:2,4 ; 1Ch 29:3 but yet nothing near enough for so great a work.
In giving food] Which in that country was a scarce commodity. They were supplied from other countries, and especially from Jewry; Act 12:20 Eze 27:17 for their own was such as wherein they could neither sow nor reap, saith A. Lapide.