2 Chronicles 2

1 ♥ 📝 N ow Solomon^H8010 purposed^H559 to build^H1129 a house^H1004 for the name^H8034 of Jehovah,^H3068 and a house^H1004 for his kingdom.^H4438

2 ♥ 📝 And Solomon^H8010 counted out^H5608 threescore and ten^H7657 thousand^H505 men^H376 to bear burdens,^H5449 and fourscore^H8084 thousand^H505 men that were hewers^H2672 in the mountains,^H2022 and three^H7969 thousand^H505 and six^H8337 hundred^H3967 to oversee^H5329 them.

3 ♥ 📝 And Solomon^H8010 sent^H7971 to Huram^H2361 the king^H4428 of Tyre,^H6865 saying,^H559 As thou didst deal^H6213 with David^H1732 my father,^H1 and didst send^H7971 him cedars^H730 to build^H1129 him a house^H1004 to dwell^H3427 therein, [even so deal with me].

4 ♥ 📝 Behold, I am about to build^H1129 a house^H1004 for the name^H8034 of Jehovah^H3068 my God,^H430 to dedicate^H6942 it to him, and to burn^H6999 before^H6440 him incense^H7004 of sweet^H5561 spices, and for the continual^H8548 showbread,^H4635 and for the burnt-offerings^H5930 morning^H1242 and evening,^H6153 on the sabbaths,^H7676 and on the new moons,^H2320 and on the set feasts^H4150 of Jehovah^H3068 our God.^H430 This is [an ordinance] for ever^H5769 to Israel.^H3478

5 ♥ 📝 And the house^H1004 which I build^H1129 is great;^H1419 for great^H1419 is our God^H430 above all gods.^H430

6 ♥ 📝 But who is able^H6113 to build^H1129 him a house,^H1004 seeing heaven^H8064 and the heaven^H8064 of heavens^H8064 cannot contain^H3557 him? who am I then, that I should build^H1129 him a house,^H1004 save only^H518 to burn incense^H6999 before^H6440 him?

7 ♥ 📝 Now therefore send^H7971 me a man^H376 skilful^H2450 to work^H6213 in gold,^H2091 and in silver,^H3701 and in brass,^H5178 and in iron,^H1270 and in purple,^H710 and crimson,^H3758 and blue,^H8504 and that knoweth how to grave^H6605 [all manner of] gravings,^H6605 [to be] with the skilful men^H2450 that are with me in Judah^H3063 and in Jerusalem,^H3389 whom David^H1732 my father^H1 did provide.^H3559

8 ♥ 📝 Send^H7971 me also cedar-trees,^{H730 H6086} fir-trees,^H1265 and algum-trees,^H418 out of Lebanon;^H3844 for I know^H3045 that thy servants^H5650 know^H3045 how to cut^H3772 timber^H6086 in Lebanon:^H3844 and, behold, my servants^H5650 shall be with thy servants,^H5650

9 ♥ 📝 even to prepare^H3559 me timber^H6086 in abundance;^H7230 for the house^H1004 which I am about to build^H1129 shall be great^H1419 and wonderful.^H6381

10 ♥ 📝 And, behold, I will give^H5414 to thy servants,^H5650 the hewers^H2404 that cut^H3772 timber,^H6086 twenty^H6242 thousand^H505 measures^H3734 of beaten^H4347 wheat,^H2406 and twenty^H6242 thousand^H505 measures^H3734 of barley,^H8184 and twenty^H6242 thousand^H505 baths^H1324 of wine,^H3196 and twenty^H6242 thousand^H505 baths^H1324 of oil.^H8081

11 ♥ 📝 Then Huram^H2361 the king^H4428 of Tyre^H6865 answered^H559 in writing,^H3791 which he sent^H7971 to Solomon,^H8010 Because Jehovah^H3068 loveth^H160 his people,^H5971 he hath made^H5414 thee king^H4428 over them.

12 ♥ 📝 Huram^H2361 said^H559 moreover, Blessed^H1288 be Jehovah,^H3068 the God^H430 of Israel,^H3478 that made^H6213 heaven^H8064 and earth,^H776 who hath given^H5414 to David^H1732 the king^H4428 a wise^H2450 son,^H1121 endued^H3045 with discretion^H7922 and understanding,^H998 that should build^H1129 a house^H1004 for Jehovah,^H3068 and a house^H1004 for his kingdom.^H4438

13 ♥ 📝 And now I have sent^H7971 a skilful^H2450 man,^H376 endued^H3045 with understanding,^H998 of Huram^H2361 my father's,^H1

14 ♥ 📝 the son^H1121 of a woman^H802 of the daughters^H1323 of Dan;^H1835 and his father^H1 was a man^H376 of Tyre,^H6876 skilful^H3045 to work^H6213 in gold,^H2091 and in silver,^H3701 in brass,^H5178 in iron,^H1270 in stone,^H68 and in timber,^H6086 in purple,^H713 in blue,^H8504 and in fine linen,^H948 and in crimson,^H3758 also to grave^H6605 any manner of graving,^H6603 and to devise^H2803 any device;^H4284 that there may be [a place]^H5414 appointed unto him with thy skilful men,^H2450 and with the skilful men^H2450 of my lord^H113 David^H1732 thy father.^H1

15 ♥ 📝 Now therefore the wheat^H2406 and the barley,^H8184 the oil^H8081 and the wine,^H3196 which my lord^H113 hath spoken^H559 of, let him send^H7971 unto his servants:^H5650

16 ♥ 📝 and we will cut^H3772 wood^H6086 out of Lebanon,^H3844 as much as thou shalt need;^H6878 and we will bring^H935 it to thee in floats^H7513 by sea^H3220 to Joppa;^H3305 and thou shalt carry it up^H5927 to Jerusalem.^H3389

17 ♥ 📝 And Solomon^H8010 numbered^H5608 all the sojourners^H582 that were in the land^H776 of Israel,^H3478 after^H310 the numbering^H5610 wherewith David^H1732 his father^H1 had numbered^H5608 them; and they were found^H4672 a hundred^H3967 and fifty^H2572 thousand^H505 and three^H7969 thousand^H505 and six^H8337 hundred.^H3967

18 ♥ 📝 And he set^H6213 threescore and ten^H7657 thousand^H505 of them to bear burdens,^H5449 and fourscore^H8084 thousand^H505 that were hewers^H2672 in the mountains,^H2022 and three^H7969 thousand^H505 and six^H8337 hundred^H3967 overseers^H5329 to set^H5647 the people^H5971 at work.^H5647