- Second Book of Paralipomenon
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chapter 2
1
And
Solomon determined to build a house to the name of the Lord, and a palace for himself.
2 And he numbered out seventy thousand men to bear
burdens, and eighty thousand to hew stones in the mountains, and three thousand
six hundred to over- see them.
3 He sent also to Hiram king of Tyre, saying: As thou
didst with David my father, and didst send him cedars, to build him a house, in
which he dwelt:
4 So do with me that I may build a house to the name of
the Lord my God, to dedicate it to burn incense before him, and to perfume with
aromatical spices, and for the continual setting forth of bread, and for the
holocausts, morning and evening, and on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and
the solemnities of the Lord our God for ever, which are commanded for Israel.
5 For the house which I desire to build, is great: for
our God is great above all gods.
6 Who then can be able to build him a worthy house? if
heaven, and the heavens of heavens cannot contain him: who am I that I should
be able to build him a house? but to this end only, that incense may be burnt
before him.
7 Send me therefore a skilful man, that knoweth how to
work in gold, and in silver, in brass, and in iron, in purple, in scarlet and
in blue, and that hath skill in engraving, with the artificers, which I have
with me in Judea and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.
8 Send me also cedars, and fir trees, and pine trees
from Libanus: for I know that thy servants are skilful in cutting timber in
Libanus, and my servants shall be with thy servants,
9 To provide me timber in abundance. For the house
which I desire to build, is to be exceeding great, and glorious.
10 And I will give thy servants the workmen that are to
cut down the trees, for their food twenty thousand cores of wheat, and as many
cores of barley, and twenty thousand measures of wine, and twenty thousand
measures of oil.
11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent a letter to Solomon,
saying: Because the Lord hath loved his people, therefore he hath made thee
king over them.
12 And he added, saying: Blessed be the Lord the God of
Israel, who made heaven and earth, who hath given to king David a wise and
knowing son, endued with understanding and prudence, to build a house to the
Lord, and a palace for himself.
13 I therefore have sent thee my father Hiram, a wise
and most skilful man,
14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, whose
father was a Tyrian, who knoweth how to work in gold, and in silver, in brass,
and in iron, and in marble, and in timber, in purple also, and violet, and silk
and scarlet: and who knoweth to grave all sort of graving, and to devise
ingeniously all that there may be need of in the work with thy artificers, and
with the artificers of my lord David thy father.
15 The wheat therefore, and the barley and the oil, and
the wine, which thou, my lord, hast promised, send to thy servants.
16 And we will cut down as many trees out of Libanus,
as thou shalt want, and will convey them in floats by sea to Joppe: and it will
be thy part to bring them thence to Jerusalem.
17 And Solomon numbered all the proselytes in the land
of Israel, after the numbering which David his father had made, and they were
found a hundred and fifty-three thousand and six hundred.
18 And he set seventy thousand of them to carry burdens
on their shoulders, and eighty thousand to hew stones in the mountains: and
three thousand and six hundred to be overseers of the work of the people.
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