Revised Version 1895

2 Chronicles 2

1NowSolomonH8010purposed to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

2AndSolomonH8010toldH559outH7971threescore and ten thousandmenH559to bear burdens, and fourscore thousandmenH559that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

3And Solomon sent to Huram thekingH5921of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars tobuildH1129him anhouseH1004to dwell therein,evenH5921soאֲנִ֨י'a.NiH589deal withmeלְפָנָ֣יוle.fa.NavH6440.

4Behold, IbuildH1129anhouseH1004for the name of the LORD myGodH430, to dedicate it to him, and to burnbeforeH430him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burntofferingsכִּֽי־ki-H3588morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on thesetאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834feasts of the LORD ourGodH430. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel;

5And thehouseH1004whichH834IbuildH1129is great: for great is ourGodלֹ֣אlo'H3808aboveלְפָנָֽיו׃le.fa.NavH6440all gods.

6But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn incensebeforeH5973him?

7Nowוְהִנֵּ֥הve.hi.NehH2009thereforesendH7971meH7971a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and thatcanאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834skill to graveallH3045manner of gravings, to be with the cunningmenH5650that are withmeH7971in Judah and in Jerusalem,whomאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834DavidH5973my fatherdidאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834provide.

8SendmeH589also cedartreesH6086, firtreesH6086, and algumtreesH6086,outוּלְהָכִ֥יןu.le.ha.KhinH3559of Lebanon: for I know that thy servantscanH834skill to cuttimberH6086in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,

9even to preparemeנָתַתִּי֩na.ta.TiH5414timberH6086in abundance: for the housewhichH6086I amaboutH6086to build shall be wonderful great.

10And, behold, I willgiveH5414to 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.

11ThenHuramH2361thekingH4428of TyreansweredH559in writing,whichH834hesentH5414to Solomon,BecauseH834theLORDH3068loveth hispeopleבֵּ֣ןbenH1121, he hathmadeעָשָׂ֔ה'a.SahH6213theekingH4428over them.

12HuramH2361said moreover, Blessed be the LORD, theGodH7971of Israel, thatmadeH3045heaven and earth, who hath given toDavidH7971the king awiseחָכָ֛םcha.KhamH2450sonחָכָ֗םcha.KhamH2450, endued with discretion andunderstandingH998, that should build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

13AndnowH5414I havesentH5414a cunningmanH376, endued with understanding, of Huram myfather’sH1,

14the 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, instoneH834, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to devise any device: that there may be a place appointed unto him with thy cunningmenH5650, and with the cunningmenH5650of mylordH113Davidיִשְׁלַ֖חyish.LachH7971thy father.

15NowH935therefore the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine,whichעֵצִ֤ים'e.TzimH6086my lord hathspokenH935of, let himsendתַּעֲלֶ֥הta.'a.LehH5927unto his servants:

16andweH834will cut woodoutכָּל־kol-H3605of Lebanon, asmuchH834as thou shaltneedH376: andweH834will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry itupכְּכָל־ke.khol-H3605to Jerusalem.

17And Solomonnumberedאֶ֙לֶף֙'e.lefH505allאֶ֖לֶף'E.lefH505the strangers that were in the land ofIsraelהָעָֽם׃ha.'AmH5971,afterH1992the numbering wherewith David his father hadnumberedאֲלָפִים֙'a.la.FimH505them; and they were found anhundredH3967and fiftythousandאֶ֔לֶף'E.lefH505andthreeH7969thousandאֲלָפִ֖ים'a.la.FimH505andsixH8337hundredH3967.

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 awork.

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