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II CHRONICLES ยท Chapter 2
2:1 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD,
and an house for his kingdom.
2:2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens,
and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six
hundred to oversee them.
2:3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As you did
deal with David my father, and did send him cedars to build him an house
to dwell therein, even so deal with me.
2:4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate
it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual
showbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths,
and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This
is an ordinance for ever to Israel.
2:5 And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above
all gods.
2:6 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven
of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an
house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?
2:7 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver,
and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that
can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in
Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
2:8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon:
for I know that your servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and,
behold, my servants shall be with your servants,
2:9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am
about to build shall be wonderful great.
2:10 And, behold, I will give to your servants, the hewers that cut
timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures
of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths
of oil.
2:11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent
to Solomon, Because the LORD has loved his people, he has made you king
over them.
2:12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made
heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, imbued with
prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and
an house for his kingdom.
2:13 And now I have sent a cunning man, imbued with understanding,
of Huram my father's,
2:14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was
a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron,
in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in
crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device
which shall be put to him, with your cunning men, and with the cunning
men of my lord David your father.
2:15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine,
which my lord has spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
2:16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you shall need:
and we will bring it to you in rafts by sea to Joppa; and you shall carry
it up to Jerusalem.
2:17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of
Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them;
and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and
six hundred.
2:18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of
burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three
thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
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