Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
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World English Bible
Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the Name of the
LORD
and a royal
palace
for himself
.
Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Yahweh,
and a house
for his
kingdom
.
So
he
conscripted
70,000
porters,
80
, 000
stonecutters
in the mountains, and 3,600
supervisors
.
Solomon
counted
out
seventy
thousand
men
to
bear
burdens
, and
eighty
thousand
men
who
were
stone
cutters
in the mountains, 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.
Solomon sent to Huram
the
king of Tyre ,
saying,
As you dealt
with
David
my father ,
and
sent him cedars to build him
a house in which
to
dwell,
[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 am about to build a house for the name of Yahweh
my God ,
to dedicate it
to him ,
and
to
burn
before him incense
of
sweet
spices
, and
for the continual
show
bread
, and for the
burnt offerings morning and evening ,
on the Sabbaths, and
on
the
new moons, and on
the
set
feasts of Yahweh
our God. This is [an
ordinance]
forever to
Israel
.
The house that
I am
building
will
be
great ,
for our God is
greater
than
all gods.
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
a house, seeing
heaven
and
the heaven
of
heavens can't
contain him? who am I then
, that I should build him
a house, save
only
to burn incense
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
.
Now
therefore
send me a man
skillful
to work in
gold ,
and in
silver, and in
brass,
and
in
iron, and in
purple, and
crimson, and blue ,
and
who
knows
how
to
engrave
[all
manner
of]
engravings,
[to
be]
with the
skillful
men
who
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 your servants know
how
to cut timber in
Lebanon:
and, behold,
my servants shall
be
with your
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 great and wonderful.
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. ”
Behold,
I will give
to
your servants, the cutters
who
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 Yahweh
loves his people, he has made
you 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 Yahweh
, the God of Israel, that
made heaven
and earth ,
who
has given to
David the
king
a wise son ,
endowed
with discretion
and understanding, that
should
build a house
for Yahweh,
and a house
for his
kingdom
.
So
now I am
sending
you
Huram-abi,
a skillful man endowed with creativity.
Now I have
sent
a skillful man ,
endowed 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
engrave
any
manner
of engraving ,
and to
devise
any device;
that there
may
be
[a
place]
appointed
to
him with your skillful
men,
and with the
skillful
men
of my lord David
your 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
has
spoken
of,
let
him
send
to
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 you shall
need ;
and we will bring
it
to you in
floats
by sea to Joppa ;
and
you shall
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
.
Solomon numbered all the foreigners
who
were
in the land of Israel ,
after
the numbering
with
which
David
his father had numbered
them;
and they
were found one
hundred
fifty-three
thousand
six
hundred
.
Solomon
made
70,000
of them porters,
80
, 000
stonecutters
in the mountains, and 3,600
supervisors
.
He
set
seventy
thousand
of them to
bear
burdens
, and
eighty
thousand
who
were
stone
cutters
in the mountains, and three
thousand
six
hundred
overseers
to
set
the
people
at
work
.
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