2Chronicles:2

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* And Solomon said that he would build a house to the name of the Lord , and a house for his kingdom . * And Solomon gathered seventy thousand men (note :)Gr . bearers on their backs (:note ) that bore burdens , and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the mountain , and there were three thousand six hundred superintendents over them . * And Solomon sent to Chiram king of Tyre , saying , Whereas thou didst deal favourably with David my father , and didst send him cedars to build for himself a house to dwell in , * behold , I also his son am building a house to the name of the Lord my God , to consecrate it to him , to burn incense before him , and to offer shewbread continually , and to offer up whole-burnt-offerings continually morning and evening , and on the sabbaths , and at the new moons , and at the feasts of the Lord our God : this is a perpetual statute for Israel . * And the house which I am building is to be great : for the Lord our God is great beyond all gods . * And who will be able to build him a house ? for the heaven and heaven of (note :)Gr . heaven (:note ) heavens do not Comp . Hebrews . and Gr . with Zec strkjv @6:13 bear his glory : and who am I , that I should build him a house , save only to burn incense before him ? * And now send me a man wise and skilled to work in gold , and in silver , and in brass , and in iron , and in purple , and in scarlet , and in blue , and one that knows how to grave together with the craftsmen who are with me in Juda and in Jerusalem , which materials my father David prepared . * And send me from Libanus cedar wood , and wood of juniper , and pine ; for I know that thy servants are skilled in cutting timber in Libanus : and , behold , thy servants shall go with my servants , * to prepare timber for me in abundance : for the house which I am building must be great and glorious . * And , behold , I have given freely to thy servants that work and cut the wood , corn for food , even twenty thousand (note :)Gr . cors (:note ) measures of wheat , and twenty thousand measures of barley , and twenty thousand measures of wine , and twenty thousand measures of oil . * And Chiram king of Tyre (note :)Gr . spoke (:note ) answered in writing , and sent to Solomon , saying , Because the Lord loved his people , he Gr . gave made thee king over them . * And Chiram said , Blessed be the Lord God of Israel , who made heaven and earth , who has given to king David a wise son , and one endowed with knowledge and understanding , who shall build a house for the Lord , and a house for his kingdom . * And now I have sent thee a wise and understanding man (note :)Alex . Chiram my son or servant (:note ) who belonged to Chiram my father * (his mother was of the daughters of Dan , and his father was a Tyrian ), skilled to work in gold , and in silver , and in brass , and in iron , and in stones and wood ; and to weave with purple , and blue , and fine linen , and scarlet ; and to engrave , and to understand every device , whatsoever thou shalt give him to do with thy craftsmen , and the craftsmen of my lord David thy father . * And now , the wheat , and the barley , and the oil , and the wine which my lord mentioned , let him send to his servants . * And we will cut timber out of Libanus according to all thy need , and we will bring it on rafts to the sea of Joppa , and thou shalt bring it to Jerusalem . * And Solomon gathered all the foreigners that were in the land of Israel , after the numbering with which David his father numbered them ; and there were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred . * And he made of them seventy thousand burden-bearers , and eighty thousand hewers of stone , and three thousand six hundred taskmasters over the people .

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