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2 Chronicles 2

1AndSolomonH8010purposedtobuildahouseforthenameofJehovah,andahouseforhiskingdom.

2AndSolomonH8010numbered seventy thousandmentobear burdens,andeighty thousand stone-masonsinthemountain,andthree thousand six hundredtosuperintendthem.

3AndSolomon senttoHuramkingofTyre, saying,Asthou didst dealwithDavidmyfather,anddidst sendhimcedarstobuildH1129himahouseH1004todwell therein [sodoforme].

4Behold,IbuildH1129ahouseH1004untothenameofJehovahmyGodH430todedicateittohim,toburnbeforehimsweet incense,andforthecontinual arrangement [oftheshewbread],andforthemorningandevening burnt-offerings [and]onthesabbathsandonthenew moons,andonthesetfeastsofJehovahourGodH430.Thisis[anordinance]forevertoIsrael.

5AndthehouseH1004thatIwillbuildH1129isgreat;forgreatisourGodaboveall gods.

6Butwhoisabletobuildhimahouse, seeingtheheavensandtheheavenofheavens cannot containhim?AndwhoamIthatIshouldbuildhimahouse, excepttoburn sacrificebeforehim?

7AndnowsendH7971meaman skilfultoworkingold,andinsilver,andinbronze,andiniron,andinpurpleandcrimsonandblue,andexperiencedincarving,besidestheskilfulmenthatarewithmeinJudahandinJerusalem,whomDavidmyfatherprovided.

8Sendmealsocedar-trees, cypress-trees,andsandal-woodtreesH6086,outofLebanon;forIknowthatthy servantsareexperiencedincuttingtimberinLebanon;andbehold,myservantsshallbewiththy servants,

9eventopreparemetimberinabundance:forthehousethatIbuildshallbegreatandwonderful.

10Andbehold,IwillgiveH5414tothy servantsthehewersthatfelltimber, twenty thousand measuresofbeaten wheat,andtwenty thousand measuresofbarley,andtwenty thousand bathsofwine,andtwenty thousand bathsofoil.

11AndHuramH2361kingH4428ofTyreansweredinwriting,whichhesenttoSolomon,BecauseJehovahlovedhispeopleH1121,hemadeH6213theekingH4428overthem.

12AndHuramH2361said, BlessedbeJehovahtheGodofIsrael,thatmadeH3045theheavensandtheearth,whohasgiventoDavidthekingawiseH2450son, enduedwithprudenceandunderstandingH998,whowillbuildahouseforJehovahandahouseforhiskingdom.

13Andnow,IsendaskilfulmanH376, enduedwithunderstanding, HuramAbi,

14thesonofawomanofthedaughtersofDan,andwhosefatherwasamanofTyre, experiencedinworkingingold,andinsilver,inbronze,iniron,instone,andintimber,inpurple,inblue,andinbyssus,andincrimson,andfordoing any mannerofengraving,andforinventing every devicewhichshallbeputtohim,besidesthy skilfulmen,andtheskilfulmenofmylordH113Davidthy father.

15Andnowthewheatandthebarley,theoilandthewine,whichmylord hathspokenof, lethimsenduntohisservants.

16Andwewillcut woodoutofLebanon,asmuchasthou shaltneed;andwewillbringittothee [in] floatsbyseatoJoppa,andthou shalt carryituptoJerusalem.

17AndSolomonnumberedallthestrangersthatwereinthelandofIsrael,aftertheaccountthatDavidhisfatherhadtakenofthem,andtherewerefoundahundredH3967andfifty-threethousandH505sixH8337hundredH3967.

18And he set seventy thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand to be stone-masons in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to set the people to work.

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