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2 Chronicles 2
1 And Solomon determined to build an
house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
2 And Solomon told out
threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore
thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six
hundred to oversee them.
3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king
of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and
didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein,
even so deal with me.
4 Behold, I build an house to the
name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn
before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and
for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and
on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God.
This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.
5 And the house which I build is
great: for great is our God above all gods.
6 But who is able to build him an
house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him?
who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to
burn sacrifice before him?
7 Send me now therefore a man cunning
to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in
purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with
the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom
David my father did provide.
8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees,
and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can
skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be
with thy servants,
9 Even to prepare me timber in
abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be
wonderful great.
10 And, behold, I will give to 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.
11 Then Huram the king of Tyre
answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD
hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.
12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be
the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath
given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and
understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an
house for his kingdom.
13 And now I have sent a cunning man,
endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,
14 The 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, in stone, and in
timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson;
also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device
which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the
cunning men of my lord David thy father.
15 Now therefore the wheat, and the
barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let
him send unto his servants:
16 And we will cut
wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will
bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry
it up to Jerusalem.
17 And Solomon numbered all
the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the
numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they
were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and
six hundred.
18 And
he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of
burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and
three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.