1 Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Yahweh, and a
house for his kingdom. 2 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. 3 Solomon sent to Huram
the king of Tyre, saying, As you did deal with David my father, and did send
him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein, even so deal with
me. 4 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. 5 The
house which I build is great; for great is our God above all gods. 6 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? 7 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. 8 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, 9 even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the
house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful. 10 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. 11 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. 12 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. 13 Now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, of
Huram my father’s, 14 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. 15 Now
therefore the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine, which my lord has
spoken of, let him send to his servants: 16 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. 17 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. 18 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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