2Chronicles:1-4
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And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom ,
and the LORD his God was with him ,
and magnified him exceedingly .
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Then Solomon spake unto all Israel ,
to the captains of thousands and of hundreds ,
and to the judges ,
and to every governor in all Israel ,
the chief of the fathers .
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So Solomon ,
and all the congregation with him ,
went to the high place that was at Gibeon ;
for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God ,
which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness .
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But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the place which David had prepared for it :
for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem .
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Moreover the brasen altar ,
that Bezaleel the son of Uri ,
the son of Hur ,
had made ,
he put before the tabernacle of the LORD :
and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it .
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And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD ,
which was at the tabernacle of the congregation ,
and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it .
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In that night did God appear unto Solomon ,
and said unto him ,
Ask what I shall give thee .
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And Solomon said unto God ,
Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father ,
and hast made me to reign in his stead .
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Now ,
O LORD God ,
let thy promise unto David my father be established :
for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude .
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Give me now wisdom and knowledge ,
that I may go out and come in before this people :
for who can judge this thy people ,
that is so great ?
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And God said to Solomon ,
Because this was in thine heart ,
and thou hast not asked riches ,
wealth ,
or honour ,
nor the life of thine enemies ,
neither yet hast asked long life ;
but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself ,
that thou mayest judge my people ,
over whom I have made thee king :
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Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee ;
and I will give thee riches ,
and wealth ,
and honour ,
such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee ,
neither shall there any after thee have the like .
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Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem ,
from before the tabernacle of the congregation ,
and reigned over Israel .
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And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen :
and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots ,
and twelve thousand horsemen ,
which he placed in the chariot cities ,
and with the king at Jerusalem .
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And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones ,
and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance .
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And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt ,
and linen yarn :
the king '
s merchants received the linen yarn at a price .
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And they fetched up ,
and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver ,
and an horse for an hundred and fifty :
and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites ,
and for the kings of Syria ,
by their means .
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And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD ,
and an house for his kingdom .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And the house which I build is great :
for great is our God above all gods .
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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 ?
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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 .
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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 ,
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Even to prepare me timber in abundance :
for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And now I have sent a cunning man ,
endued with understanding ,
of Huram my father '
s ,
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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 .
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Now therefore the wheat ,
and the barley ,
the oil ,
and the wine ,
which my lord hath spoken of ,
let him send unto his servants :
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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 .
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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 .
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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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Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah ,
where the LORD appeared unto David his father ,
in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite .
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And he began to build in the second day of the second month ,
in the fourth year of his reign .
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Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God .
The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits ,
and the breadth twenty cubits .
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And the porch that was in the front of the house ,
the length of it was according to the breadth of the house ,
twenty cubits ,
and the height was an hundred and twenty :
and he overlaid it within with pure gold .
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And the greater house he cieled with fir tree ,
which he overlaid with fine gold ,
and set thereon palm trees and chains .
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And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty :
and the gold was gold of Parvaim .
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He overlaid also the house ,
the beams ,
the posts ,
and the walls thereof ,
and the doors thereof ,
with gold ;
and graved cherubims on the walls .
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And he made the most holy house ,
the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house ,
twenty cubits ,
and the breadth thereof twenty cubits :
and he overlaid it with fine gold ,
amounting to six hundred talents .
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And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold .
And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold .
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And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work ,
and overlaid them with gold .
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And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long :
one wing of the one cherub was five cubits ,
reaching to the wall of the house :
and the other wing was likewise five cubits ,
reaching to the wing of the other cherub .
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And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits ,
reaching to the wall of the house :
and the other wing was five cubits also ,
joining to the wing of the other cherub .
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The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits :
and they stood on their feet ,
and their faces were inward .
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And he made the vail of blue ,
and purple ,
and crimson ,
and fine linen ,
and wrought cherubims thereon .
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Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high ,
and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits .
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And he made chains ,
as in the oracle ,
and put them on the heads of the pillars ;
and made an hundred pomegranates ,
and put them on the chains .
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And he reared up the pillars before the temple ,
one on the right hand ,
and the other on the left ;
and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin ,
and the name of that on the left Boaz .
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Moreover he made an altar of brass ,
twenty cubits the length thereof ,
and twenty cubits the breadth thereof ,
and ten cubits the height thereof .
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Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim ,
round in compass ,
and five cubits the height thereof ;
and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about .
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And under it was the similitude of oxen ,
which did compass it round about :
ten in a cubit ,
compassing the sea round about .
Two rows of oxen were cast ,
when it was cast .
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It stood upon twelve oxen ,
three looking toward the north ,
and three looking toward the west ,
and three looking toward the south ,
and three looking toward the east :
and the sea was set above upon them ,
and all their hinder parts were inward .
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And the thickness of it was an handbreadth ,
and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup ,
with flowers of lilies ;
and it received and held three thousand baths .
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He made also ten lavers ,
and put five on the right hand ,
and five on the left ,
to wash in them :
such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them ;
but the sea was for the priests to wash in .
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And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form ,
and set them in the temple ,
five on the right hand ,
and five on the left .
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He made also ten tables ,
and placed them in the temple ,
five on the right side ,
and five on the left .
And he made an hundred basons of gold .
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Furthermore he made the court of the priests ,
and the great court ,
and doors for the court ,
and overlaid the doors of them with brass .
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And he set the sea on the right side of the east end ,
over against the south .
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And Huram made the pots ,
and the shovels ,
and the basons .
And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God ;
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To wit ,
the two pillars ,
and the pommels ,
and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars ,
and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars ;
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And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths ;
two rows of pomegranates on each wreath ,
to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars .
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He made also bases ,
and lavers made he upon the bases ;
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One sea ,
and twelve oxen under it .
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The pots also ,
and the shovels ,
and the fleshhooks ,
and all their instruments ,
did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass .
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In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them ,
in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah .
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Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance :
for the weight of the brass could not be found out .
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And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God ,
the golden altar also ,
and the tables whereon the shewbread was set ;
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Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps ,
that they should burn after the manner before the oracle ,
of pure gold ;
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And the flowers ,
and the lamps ,
and the tongs ,
made he of gold ,
and that perfect gold ;
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And the snuffers ,
and the basons ,
and the spoons ,
and the censers ,
of pure gold :
and the entry of the house ,
the inner doors thereof for the most holy place ,
and the doors of the house of the temple ,
were of gold .
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Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished :
and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated ;
and the silver ,
and the gold ,
and all the instruments ,
put he among the treasures of the house of God .
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