2 Chronicles 2

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1 And Solomon determined to build a house for the name of the Lord and a house for his kingdom.
2 And Solomon seventy thousand porters and eighty thousand to hew in the mountain, and overseers over them three thousand six hundred.
3 And Solomon sent to Hiram, king of Tyre, saying: As thou didst with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build a house to dwell, [even so deal with me].
4 Here I am building a house for the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, to burn before Him sweet incense, for the continual showbread, and [offer it] burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, and new moons, and in the Lord's feasts of our Lord, an ordinance for ever Israel.
5 And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
6 And But who is able to build him a house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens can not contain him? And who am I that I should build him a house? Is [only] to burn sacrifice before him.
7 Then came me a man who can make [products] of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and iron, and out of, and knowing to grave carvings, together with the artists, which [yarn] purple, and crimson, and of blue [color] I have in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father.
8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees and pevgovogo wood from Lebanon, for I know that thy servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon. And my servants shall be with thy servants,
9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I build is great and wonderful.
10 And drevosekam, chopping wood, to thy servants, I will give to eat wheat and twenty thousand cows, and barley twenty thousand cows, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and olive oil twenty thousand baths.

eleven And Huram king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon loved his people, the Lord has made you king over them.
12 And [yet] Hiram said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who gave to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, who will build a house for the Lord and a house for his kingdom.
13 So I am sending [you] the person, endued with understanding, of Huram my father,
14 son [a] woman of the daughters of Dan, his father --a man of Tyre, --umeyuschego make [products] of gold and of silver, of brass, iron, stone, and in timber, in [yarn] purple, of blue [color ], and of fine linen, and in crimson, and to grave any manner of graving, and to do all that is put to him, with your artists and with artists of my lord David your father.
15 A wheat and barley, olive oil and wine, of which thou hast said, My lord, send to thy servants.
16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as you need to, and will drive them in floats by sea to Joppa, and you carry it up to Jerusalem.
17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were [then] in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father, --and they were found one hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred.
18 And he made of them seventy thousand porters and eighty thousand hewers in the mountain, and three thousand six hundred overseers to set the people to work.

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