Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
Now
Solomon purposed
to build a
house for the Name of the LORD and a
royal
palace
for himself
.
And
Solomon determined
to build an
house for the name of the LORD ,
and an
house
for his
kingdom
.
So
he
conscripted
70,000
porters,
80
, 000
stonecutters
in the mountains
, and 3,600
supervisors
.
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
.
Then
Solomon sent word
to Hiram
king of Tyre :
“Do
for
me
as you
did
for
my father David
when
you
sent
him cedars to build himself
a
house to live
in
.
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
.
Behold, I am
about
to
build a
house for
the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for
burning
fragrant
incense
before Him, for displaying
the showbread
continuously
, and for making
burnt offerings every
morning and evening as
well
as
on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed
feasts of the LORD our God. This is ordained
for Israel forever
.
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.
The house that
I am
building
will
be
great ,
for our God is
greater
than
all gods.
And
the house which
I build
is
great :
for great
is
our God above
all gods.
But who is able to build a
house
for
Him ,
since
the
heavens
, even
the highest
heavens ,
cannot contain Him? Who then
am I, that I should build a
house
for
Him, except
as
a
place
to burn sacrifices
before Him?
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?
Send me ,
therefore ,
a craftsman
skilled
in
engraving
to work with
gold and silver, with
bronze
and iron, and with
purple, crimson, and blue yarn.
He
will
work
with my
craftsmen
in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David
provided
.
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
.
Send me also cedar, cypress
, and algum logs
from
Lebanon
, for I know that your
servants have
skill to cut timber there.
And indeed
, my servants will
work
with yours
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,
to prepare for
me timber in abundance ,
because
the temple
I am building
will
be great
and
wonderful.
Even
to prepare me timber in abundance :
for
the house
which
I am about
to
build
shall
be wonderful great
.
I will pay
your
servants, the woodcutters,
20
, 000
cors
of ground
wheat, 20,000
cors
of barley, 20,000
baths of wine, and 20,000
baths of olive
oil. ”
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.
Then Hiram
king of Tyre wrote
a
letter
in reply
to Solomon :
“
Because the LORD loves
His people, He has
set
you
over them as
king
. ”
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.
And
Hiram
added:
“
Blessed be the LORD ,
the
God of Israel, who
made the
heavens
and the
earth !
He
has
given King
David a wise son with insight
and understanding, who
will
build a
temple
for the LORD and a
royal
palace
for himself
.
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
.
So
now I am
sending
you
Huram-abi,
a skillful
man endowed
with creativity.
And
now I have
sent
a cunning
man ,
endued
with understanding,
of
Huram
my
father's,
He
is
the son of a woman from
the daughters of Dan, and his father is
a man of Tyre .
He
is
skilled
in
work with
gold and silver, bronze
and
iron, stone and wood
, purple, blue, and crimson
yarn,
and
fine linen .
He
is
experienced
in every
kind
of engraving
and can
execute
any
design
that
is
given
him .
He
will
work
with your
craftsmen
and with those
of my lord ,
your
father
David.
The son of a woman of
the daughters of Dan, and his father was
a man of Tyre ,
skillful
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
.
Now let
my
lord
send
to
his
servants
the wheat, barley, olive
oil, and wine he
promised.
Now therefore
the wheat, and
the
barley, the
oil, and the
wine ,
which
my
lord
hath
spoken
of,
let
him
send
unto
his
servants:
We will cut logs
from
Lebanon, as many
as you
need ,
and we will float
them
to you
as
rafts
by sea down
to Joppa .
Then
you
can
take
them
up to Jerusalem. ”
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.
Solomon numbered all the foreign
men
in the land of Israel following
the census
his father David
had conducted,
and there
were found to
be
153,600
in
all
.
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
.
Solomon
made
70,000
of them porters,
80
, 000
stonecutters
in the mountains
, and 3,600
supervisors
.
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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