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2 Chronicles 2

1NowSolomonH8010purposedtobuildahouseforthenameofJehovah,andahouseforhiskingdom.

2AndSolomonH8010countedoutthreescoreandten thousandmentobear burdens,andfourscore thousandmenthatwerehewersinthemountains,andthree thousandandsix hundredtooverseethem.

3AndSolomon senttoHuramthekingofTyre, saying,Asthou didst dealwithDavidmyfather,anddidst sendhimcedarstobuildH1129himahouseH1004todwell therein,evensodealwithme.

4Behold,IamabouttobuildH1129ahouseH1004forthenameofJehovahmyGodH430,todedicateittohim,andtoburnbeforehimincenseofsweet spices,andforthecontinual showbread,andfortheburnt-offerings morningandevening,onthesabbaths,andonthenew moons,andonthesetfeastsofJehovahourGodH430.ThisisanordinanceforevertoIsrael.

5AndthehouseH1004whichIbuildH1129isgreat;forgreatisourGodaboveall gods.

6Butwhoisabletobuildhimahouse, seeing heavenandtheheavenofheavens cannot containhim?whoamIthen,thatIshouldbuildhimahouse, save onlytoburn incensebeforehim?

7NowthereforesendH7971meaman skilfultoworkingold,andinsilver,andinbrass,andiniron,andinpurple,andcrimson,andblue,andthatknowethhowtograveallmannerofgravings,tobewiththeskilfulmenthatarewithmeinJudahandinJerusalem,whomDavidmyfatherdidprovide.

8Sendmealsocedar-trees, fir-trees,andalgum-trees,outofLebanon;forIknowthatthy servants knowhowtocuttimberinLebanon.And, behold,myservantsshallbewiththy servants,

9eventopreparemetimberinabundance;forthehousewhichIamabouttobuildshallbegreatandwonderful.

10And, behold,IwillgiveH5414tothy servants,thehewersthatcut timber, twenty thousand measuresofbeaten wheat,andtwenty thousand measuresofbarley,andtwenty thousand bathsofwine,andtwenty thousand bathsofoil.

11ThenHuramH2361thekingH4428ofTyreansweredinwriting,whichhesenttoSolomon,BecauseJehovahlovethhispeopleH1121,hehathmadeH6213theekingH4428overthem.

12HuramH2361said moreover, BlessedbeJehovah,theGodofIsrael,thatmadeH3045heavenandearth,whohath giventoDavidthekingawiseH2450son, enduedwithdiscretionandunderstandingH998,thatshouldbuildahouseforJehovah,andahouseforhiskingdom.

13AndnowIhavesentaskilfulmanH376, enduedwithunderstanding,ofHurammyfather’sH1,

14thesonofawomanofthedaughtersofDan;andhisfatherwasamanofTyre, skilfultoworkingold,andinsilver,inbrass,iniron,instone,andintimber,inpurple,inblue,andinfine linen,andincrimson,alsotograve any mannerofgraving,andtodevise any device;thattheremaybeaplace appointed untohimwiththy skilfulmen,andwiththeskilfulmenofmylordH113Davidthy father.

15Nowthereforethewheatandthebarley,theoilandthewine,whichmylord hathspokenof, lethimsenduntohisservants:

16andwewillcut woodoutofLebanon,asmuchasthou shaltneed;andwewillbringittotheeinfloatsbyseatoJoppa;andthou shalt carryituptoJerusalem.

17AndSolomonnumberedallthesojournersthatwereinthelandofIsrael,afterthenumbering wherewith Davidhisfatherhadnumberedthem;andtheywerefoundahundredH3967andfiftythousandH505andthreeH7969thousandH505andsixH8337hundredH3967.

18And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people at work.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain