2CH-2:1 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of

the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

2CH-2:2 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.

2CH-2:3 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].

2CH-2:4 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 showbread, 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.

2CH-2:5 And the house which I build [is] great: for great [is]

our God above all gods.

2CH-2:6 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?

2CH-2:7 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.

2CH-2:8 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,

2CH-2:9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house

which I am about to build [shall be] wonderful great.

2CH-2:10 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.

2CH-2:11 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.

2CH-2:12 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.

2CH-2:13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with

understanding, of Huram my father's,

2CH-2:14 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.

2CH-2:15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and

the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his

servants:

2CH-2:16 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.

2CH-2:17 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.

2CH-2:18 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.

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