2 CHRONICLES —— CHAPTER 2
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1 And Solomon determined to build an house for
the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
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.
3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of
Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst 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 the
LORD my God, 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 the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for
ever to Israel.
5 And the house which I build is great: for
great is our God above all gods.
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 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.
8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum
trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber
in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy 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 thy 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 the king of Tyre
answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath
loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.
12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the
LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David
the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might
build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued
with understanding, of Huram 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 thy cunning men, and with
the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the
oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his
servants:
16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as
much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to
Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
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.
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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