New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Chronicles 2:3-16

3 1Then Solomon sent word to 2Huram the king of Tyre, saying, “3As you dealt with David my father and sent him cedars to build him a house to dwell in, so do for me. 4Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, dedicating it to Him, 4to burn fragrant incense before Him and to set out 5the showbread continually, and to offer 6burnt offerings morning and evening, 7on sabbaths and on new moons and on the appointed feasts of the Lord our God, this being required forever in Israel. 5The house which I am about to build will be great, for 8greater is our God than all the gods. 6But 9who is able to build a house for Him, for the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain Him? So who am I, that I should build a house for Him, except to 10burn incense before Him? 7Now 11send me a skilled man to work in gold, silver, brass and iron, and in purple, crimson and violet fabrics, and who knows how to make engravings, to work with the skilled men 12 13whom I have in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided. 8 14Send me also cedar, cypress and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber of Lebanon; and indeed 15my servants will work with your servants, 9to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful. 10Now behold, 16I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, 20,000 17kors of crushed wheat and 20,000 18kors of barley, and 20,000 baths of wine and 20,000 baths of oil.”

11Then Huram, king of Tyre, 19answered in a letter sent to Solomon: “20Because the Lord loves His people, He has made you king over them.” 12Then Huram 21continued, “Blessed be 22the Lord, the God of Israel, who has made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, 23endowed with discretion and understanding, 24who will build a house for the Lord and a 25royal palace for himself.

13“Now I am sending Huram-abi, a skilled man, 26endowed with understanding, 14 27the son of a 28Danite woman and 29a Tyrian father, who knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone and wood, and in purple, violet, linen and crimson fabrics, and who knows how to make all kinds of engravings and to 30execute any design which may be assigned to him, to work with your skilled men and with 31those of my lord David your father. 15Now then, let my lord send to his servants wheat and barley, oil and wine, of 32which he has spoken. 16 33We will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon and bring it to you on rafts by sea to Joppa, so that you may carry it up to Jerusalem.”

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Notes

1. 2 Chronicles 2:3 1 Kin 5:2-11 ↩
2. 2 Chronicles 2:3 In 1 Kin 5:18, Hiram ↩
3. 2 Chronicles 2:3 1 Chr 14:1 ↩
4. 2 Chronicles 2:4 Ex 30:7 ↩
5. 2 Chronicles 2:4 Ex 25:30 ↩
6. 2 Chronicles 2:4 Ex 29:38-42 ↩
7. 2 Chronicles 2:4 Num 28:9, 10 ↩
8. 2 Chronicles 2:5 Ex 15:11; 1 Chr 16:25 ↩
9. 2 Chronicles 2:6 1 Kin 8:27; 2 Chr 6:18 ↩
10. 2 Chronicles 2:6 Lit offer up in smoke ↩
11. 2 Chronicles 2:7 Ex 31:3-5; 2 Chr 2:13, 14 ↩
12. 2 Chronicles 2:7 Lit who are with me ↩
13. 2 Chronicles 2:7 1 Chr 22:15 ↩
14. 2 Chronicles 2:8 1 Kin 5:6 ↩
15. 2 Chronicles 2:8 2 Chr 9:10, 11 ↩
16. 2 Chronicles 2:10 1 Kin 5:11 ↩
17. 2 Chronicles 2:10 I.e. One kor equals approx 10 bu ↩
18. 2 Chronicles 2:10 I.e. One kor equals approx 10 bu ↩
19. 2 Chronicles 2:11 Lit said...and he sent ↩
20. 2 Chronicles 2:11 1 Kin 10:9; 2 Chr 9:8 ↩
21. 2 Chronicles 2:12 Lit said ↩
22. 2 Chronicles 2:12 Ps 33:6; 102:25 ↩
23. 2 Chronicles 2:12 Lit knowing discretion ↩
24. 2 Chronicles 2:12 2 Chr 2:1 ↩
25. 2 Chronicles 2:12 Lit house for his royalty ↩
26. 2 Chronicles 2:13 Lit knowing understanding ↩
27. 2 Chronicles 2:14 1 Kin 7:14 ↩
28. 2 Chronicles 2:14 Lit a woman of the daughters of Dan ↩
29. 2 Chronicles 2:14 Lit whose father is a Tyrian man ↩
30. 2 Chronicles 2:14 Lit devise any device ↩
31. 2 Chronicles 2:14 Lit skilled men ↩
32. 2 Chronicles 2:15 2 Chr 2:10 ↩
33. 2 Chronicles 2:16 1 Kin 5:8, 9 ↩

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