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Chapter 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, skillful 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. |
