2:1 Now
Solomon
purposed
to
build
a
temple
for
the
name
of
the
LORD,
and
a
royal
palace
for
himself.
2:2 And
Solomon
assigned
70,000
men
to
bear
burdens
and
80,000
to
quarry
in
the
hill
country,
and
3,600
to
oversee
them.
2:3 And
Solomon
sent
word
to
Hiram
the
king
of
Tyre:
"As
you
dealt
with
David
my
father
and
sent
him
cedar
to
build
himself
a
house
to
dwell
in,
so
deal
with
me.
2:4 Behold,
I
am
about
to
build
a
house
for
the
name
of
the
LORD
my
God
and
dedicate
it
to
him
for
the
burning
of
incense
of
sweet
spices
before
him,
and
for
the
regular
arrangement
of
the
showbread,
and
for
burnt
offerings
morning
and
evening,
on
the
Sabbaths
and
the
new
moons
and
the
appointed
feasts
of
the
LORD
our
God,
as
ordained
forever
for
Israel.
2:5 The
house
that
I
am
to
build
will
be
great,
for
our
God
is
greater
than
all
gods.
2:6 But
who
is
able
to
build
him
a
house,
since
heaven,
even
highest
heaven,
cannot
contain
him
Who
am
I
to
build
a
house
for
him,
except
as
a
place
to
make
offerings
before
him
2:7 So
now
send
me
a
man
skilled
to
work
in
gold,
silver,
bronze,
and
iron,
and
in
purple,
crimson,
and
blue
fabrics,
trained
also
in
engraving,
to
be
with
the
skilled
workers
who
are
with
me
in
Judah
and
Jerusalem,
whom
David
my
father
provided.
2:8 Send
me
also
cedar,
cypress,
and
algum
timber
from
Lebanon,
for
I
know
that
your
servants
know
how
to
cut
timber
in
Lebanon.
And
my
servants
will
be
with
your
servants,
2:9 to
prepare
timber
for
me
in
abundance,
for
the
house
I
am
to
build
will
be
great
and
wonderful.
2:10 I
will
give
for
your
servants,
the
woodsmen
who
cut
timber,
20,000
cors
of
crushed
wheat,
20,000
cors
of
barley,
20,000
baths
of
wine,
and
20,000
baths
of
oil."
2:11 Then
Hiram
the
king
of
Tyre
answered
in
a
letter
that
he
sent
to
Solomon,
"Because
the
LORD
loves
his
people,
he
has
made
you
king
over
them."
2:12 Hiram
also
said,
"Blessed
be
the
LORD
God
of
Israel,
who
made
heaven
and
earth,
who
has
given
King
David
a
wise
son,
who
has
discretion
and
understanding,
who
will
build
a
temple
for
the
LORD
and
a
royal
palace
for
himself.
2:13 "Now
I
have
sent
a
skilled
man,
who
has
understanding,
Huram-abi,
2:14 the
son
of
a
woman
of
the
daughters
of
Dan,
and
his
father
was
a
man
of
Tyre.
He
is
trained
to
work
in
gold,
silver,
bronze,
iron,
stone,
and
wood,
and
in
purple,
blue,
and
crimson
fabrics
and
fine
linen,
and
to
do
all
sorts
of
engraving
and
execute
any
design
that
may
be
assigned
him,
with
your
craftsmen,
the
craftsmen
of
my
lord,
David
your
father.
2:15 Now
therefore
the
wheat
and
barley,
oil
and
wine,
of
which
my
lord
has
spoken,
let
him
send
to
his
servants.
2:16 And
we
will
cut
whatever
timber
you
need
from
Lebanon
and
bring
it
to
you
in
rafts
by
sea
to
Joppa,
so
that
you
may
take
it
up
to
Jerusalem."
2:17 Then
Solomon
counted
all
the
resident
aliens
who
were
in
the
land
of
Israel,
after
the
census
of
them
that
David
his
father
had
taken,
and
there
were
found
153,600.
2:18 Seventy
thousand
of
them
he
assigned
to
bear
burdens,
80,000
to
quarry
in
the
hill
country,
and
3,600
as
overseers
to
make
the
people
work.