The Second Book of Chronicles
2:1 Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his
kingdom. 2:2And Solomon counted out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and
fourscore thousand men that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to
oversee them. 2:3And 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 a house to dwell therein, even so deal
with me. 2:4Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, to dedicate it to
him, and to burn before him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual showbread, and for the
burnt-offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set
feasts of Jehovah our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. 2:5And the house which I build is
great; for great is our God above all gods. 2:6But who is able to build him a house, seeing heaven
and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house,
save only to burn incense before him? 2:7Now therefore send me a man skilful to work in gold, and
in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that knoweth how to
grave all manner of gravings, to be with the skilful men that are with me in Judah and in
Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide. 2:8Send me also cedar-trees, fir-trees, and
algum-trees, out of Lebanon; for I know that thy servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon:
and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, 2:9even to prepare me timber in abundance; for
the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful. 2:10And, 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. 2:11Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because
Jehovah loveth his people, he hath made thee king over them. 2:12Huram said moreover, Blessed
be Jehovah, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a
wise son, endued with discretion and understanding, that should build a house for Jehovah, and a
house for his kingdom. 2:13And now I have sent a skilful man, endued with understanding, of
Huram my father's, 2:14the 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 devise any
device; that there may be a place appointed unto him with thy skilful men, and with the skilful
men of my lord David thy father. 2:15Now therefore the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine,
which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants: 2:16and 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. 2:17And Solomon numbered all the sojourners that were in the
land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were
found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred. 2:18And he set threescore
and ten thousand of them to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the
mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people at work.