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II Chronicles
Chapter 2
1
And Solomon determined
to
build an house/temple
for
the name of Jehovah/God,
and
an house/temple for his kingdom.
2
And Solomon ordered 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.
3
And Solomon sent to Huram/Hiram 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.
4
Behold, I build an house
to
the name of Jehovah/God my 'Elohiym/Godhead,
to
dedicate it to Him,
and
to burn before Him sweet incense,
and
for the continual shewbread,
and
for the burnt offerings morning and evening,
on
the Sabbaths, and on the new moons,
and
on the solemn feasts
of
Jehovah/God our 'Elohiym/Godhead.
This
is an ordinance for ever to Israel.
5
And the house which I build is great . . .
for
great is our 'Elohiym/Godhead
above
all gods/'elohiym.
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?
7
Send me now therefore a man
cunning/skillful
to work in gold,
and
in silver, and in brass, and in iron,
and
in purple, and crimson, and blue,
and
who can skill to grave
with
the skillful/cunning men
who
are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem,
whom
David my father did provide.
8
Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees,
out
of Lebanon . . .
for
I know that your servants have the skill
to
cut timber in Lebanon;
and,
behold, my servants shall be with your servants, 9
even
to prepare me timber in abundance . . .
for
the house which I am about to build
shall
be wonderful great.
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.
11
Then Huram/Hiram the king of Tyre
answered
in writing, which he sent to Solomon,
Because
Jehovah/God has loved His people,
He
has made you king over them.
12
Huram/Hiram said moreover,
Blessed
be Jehovah/God
'Elohiym/Godhead
of Israel,
Who
made heaven and earth,
Who
has given to David the king a wise son,
endued
with prudence and understanding,
that
might build an house for Jehovah/God,
and
an house for his kingdom.
13
And now I have sent a cunning man,
endued
with understanding,
of
Huram/Hiram my father's . . . 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.
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.
16
And we will cut wood out of Lebanon,
as
much as you shall need
and
we will bring it to you in floats by sea to Joppa;
and
you shall carry it up to Jerusalem.
17
And Solomon numbered all the strangers
who
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.
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 to work.
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