Revised Version 1895

2 Chronicles 2:1-6

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?

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