Revised Version 1895

2 Chronicles 2:11-16

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.

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