Book 39 : KETUVIM - 2 CHRONICLES - Chapter 002
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And 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
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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 a
house to dwell therein ,even so deal with me
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Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of HaShem
my G-d, 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 appointed seasons of
HaShem our G-d. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel
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And the house which I build is great; for great is our G-d
above all gods
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But who is able to build Him a house, seeing the heaven and
the heaven of heavens cannot contain Him? who am I then, that I should build Him
a house, save only to offer before Him
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Now 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 hath skill 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
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Send me also cedar-trees, cypress-trees, and sandal-wood,
out of Lebanon; for I know that thy servants have skill to cut timber in
Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants
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even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which
I am about to build shall be great and wonderful
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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.
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Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he
sent to Solomon: 'Because HaShem loveth His people, He hath made thee king over
them.
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Huram said moreover: 'Blessed be HaShem, the G-d 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 HaShem,
and a house for his kingdom
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And now I have sent a skilful man, endued with
understanding, even Huram my master craftsman
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the 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; to do whatever
may be set before him, with thy skilful men, and with the skilful men of my lord
David thy father
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Now therefore the wheat and the barley, the oil and the
wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants
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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.
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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 a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and
six hundred
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And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to bear
burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountains, and three
thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people at work
Book 39 : KETUVIM - 2 CHRONICLES - Chapter 002
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