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2 Chronicles 2:3-16

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.

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