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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904)· Public Domain
The timber for the temple, being cut in Lebanon, was conveyed by sea to Joppa in flotes : 1 K 5" (niini, RV 'rafts'), 2 Ch 2'« (nnrpn). The logs themselves would form the raft ; hence in 1 Es 5" it is said that for the building of the second temple the timber was brought to the haven of Joppa, not ' by rafts ' ( AV, as if crxe5(ais), but 'ire rafts' (RV, cf. LXX ax^Sia.s). In 1 K S'' LXX reads axeilas, in 2 Ch 2i« axeilais. AV 1611 .spells 'flotes' at each occurrence.
Modem editions give ' flotes ' in 2 Ch 2^^ * and 1 Es 5", but ' floats ' 1 K 5«. Scrivener restores ' flotes,' and is followed in Camb. Bible for Schools and Colleges. FLOOR See Food.
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