| 2:1 |
And Solomon determined to build an house for the name
of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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 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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| 2:5 |
And the house which I build is great: for great is
our God above all gods.
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| 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?
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| 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.
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| 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,
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| 2:9 |
Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house
which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 2:13 |
And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with
understanding, of Huram my father's,
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| 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.
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| 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:
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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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