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2Ch 2:3	Strong Concordance	And Solomon [08010] sent [07971] to Huram [02361] the king [04428] of Tyre [06865], saying [0559], As thou didst deal [06213] with David [01732] my father [01], and didst send [07971] him cedars [0730] to build [01129] him an house [01004] to dwell [03427] therein, even so deal with me.
	King James	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 an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
HIS MESSAGE TO HURAM FOR SKILFUL ARTIFICERS. (Ch2 2:3-10) Solomon sent to Huram--The correspondence was probably conducted on both sides in writing (Ch2 2:11; also see on Kg1 5:8). As thou didst deal with David my father--This would seem decisive of the question whether the Huram then reigning in Tyre was David's friend (see on Kg1 5:1-6). In opening the business, Solomon grounded his request for Tyrian aid on two reasons: 1. The temple he proposed to build must be a solid and permanent building because the worship was to be continued in perpetuity; and therefore the building materials must be of the most durable quality. 2. It must be a magnificent structure because it was to be dedicated to the God who was greater than all gods; and, therefore, as it might seem a presumptuous idea to erect an edifice for a Being "whom the heaven and the heaven of heavens do not contain," it was explained that Solomon's object was not to build a house for Him to dwell in, but a temple in which His worshippers might offer sacrifices to His honor. No language could be more humble and appropriate than this. The pious strain of sentiment was such as became a king of Israel.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

HIS MESSAGE TO HURAM FOR SKILFUL ARTIFICERS. (Ch2 2:3-10)

Solomon sent to Huram--The correspondence was probably conducted on both sides in writing (Ch2 2:11; also see on Kg1 5:8).

As thou didst deal with David my father--This would seem decisive of the question whether the Huram then reigning in Tyre was David's friend (see on Kg1 5:1-6). In opening the business, Solomon grounded his request for Tyrian aid on two reasons: 1. The temple he proposed to build must be a solid and permanent building because the worship was to be continued in perpetuity; and therefore the building materials must be of the most durable quality. 2. It must be a magnificent structure because it was to be dedicated to the God who was greater than all gods; and, therefore, as it might seem a presumptuous idea to erect an edifice for a Being "whom the heaven and the heaven of heavens do not contain," it was explained that Solomon's object was not to build a house for Him to dwell in, but a temple in which His worshippers might offer sacrifices to His honor. No language could be more humble and appropriate than this. The pious strain of sentiment was such as became a king of Israel.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Huram, the form used throughout Chronicles (except Ch1 14:1) for the name both of the king and of the artisan whom he lent to Solomon Ch2 2:13; Ch2 4:11, Ch2 4:16, is a late corruption of the true native word, Hiram (marginal note and reference).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
(2:2-9). Solomon, through his ambassadors, addressed himself to Huram king of Tyre, with the request that he would send him an architect and building wood for the temple. On the Tyrian king Huram or Hiram, the contemporary of David and Solomon, see the discussion on Sa2 5:11. According to the account in 1 Kings 5, Solomon asked cedar wood from Lebanon from Hiram; according to our account, which is more exact, he desired an architect, and cedar, cypress, and other wood. In 1 Kings 5 the motive of Solomon's request is given in the communication to Hiram, viz., that David could not carry out the building of the proposed temple on account of his wars, but that Jahve had given him (Solomon) rest and peace, so that he now, in accordance with the divine promise to David, desired to carry on the building (Kg1 5:3-5). In the Ch2 2:2-5, on the contrary, Solomon reminds the Tyrian king of the friendliness with which he had supplied his father David with cedar wood for his palace, and then announces to him his purpose to build a temple to the Lord, at the same time stating that it was designed for the worship of God, whom the heavens and the earth cannot contain. It is clear, therefore, that both authors have expanded the fundamental thoughts of their authority in somewhat freer fashion. The apodosis of the clause beginning with כּאשׁר is wanting, and the sentence is an anacolouthon. The apodosis should be: "do so also for me, and send me cedars." This latter clause follows in Ch2 2:6, Ch2 2:7, while the first can easily be supplied, as is done e.g., in the Vulg., by sic fac mecum. Ch2 2:4 "Behold, I will build." הנּה with a participle of that which is imminent, what one intends to do. לו להקדּישׁ, to sanctify (the house) to Him. The infinitive clause which follows (וגו להקטיר) defines more clearly the design of the temple. The temple is to be consecrated by worshipping Him there in the manner prescribed, by burning incense, etc. סמּים קטרת, incense of odours, Exo 25:6, which was burnt every morning and evening on the altar of incense, Exo 30:7. The clauses which follow are to be connected by zeugma with להקטיר, i.e., the verbs corresponding to the objects are to be supplied from הקטיר: "and to spread the continual spreading of bread" (Exo 25:30), and to offer burnt-offerings, as is prescribed in Num 28 and 29. וגו זאת לעולם, for ever is this enjoined upon Israel, cf. Ch1 23:31. Ch2 2:5-6 In order properly to worship Jahve by these sacrifices, the temple must be large, because Jahve is greater than all gods; cf. Exo 18:11; Deu 10:17. No one is able (כּוח עצר as in Ch1 29:14) to build a house in which this God could dwell, for the heaven of heavens cannot contain Him. These words are a reminiscence of Solomon's prayer (Kg1 8:27; Ch2 6:18). How should I (Solomon) be able to build Him a house, scil. that He should dwell therein? In connection with this, there then comes the thought: and that is not my purpose, but only to offer incense before Him will I build a temple. הקטיר is used as pars pro toto, to designate the whole worship of the Lord. After this declaration of the purpose, there follows in Deu 10:6 the request that he would send him for this end a skilful chief workman, and the necessary material, viz., costly woods. The chief workman was to be a man wise to work in gold, silver, etc. According to Ch2 4:11-16 and Kg1 7:13., he prepared the brazen and metal work, and the vessels of the temple; here, on the contrary, and in Ch2 2:13 also, he is described as a man who was skilful also in purple weaving, and in stone and wood work, to denote that he was an artificer who could take charge of all the artistic work connected with the building of the temple. To indicate this, all the costly materials which were to be employed for the temple and its vessels are enumerated. ארגּון, the later form of ארגּמן, deep-red purple, see on Exo 25:4. כּרמיל, occurring only here, Ch2 2:6, Ch2 2:13, and in Ch2 3:14, in the signification of the Heb. שׁני תּולעת, crimson or scarlet purple, see on Exo 25:4. It is not originally a Hebrew word, but is probably derived from the Old-Persian, and has been imported, along with the thing itself, from Persia by the Hebrews. תּכלת, deep-blue purple, hyacinth purple, see on Exo 25:4. פּתּוּהים פּתּח, to make engraved work, and Exo 28:9, Exo 28:11, Exo 28:36, and Exo 39:6, of engraving precious stones, but used here, as כּל־פּתּוּח, Ch2 2:13, shows, in the general signification of engraved work in metal or carved work in wood; cf. Kg1 6:29. עם־החכמים depends upon לעשׂות: to work in gold ..., together with the wise (skilful) men which are with me in Judah. הכין אשׁר, quos comparavit, cf. Ch1 28:21; Ch1 22:15. Ch2 2:7 The materials Hiram was to send were cedar, cypress, and algummim wood from Lebanon. אלגוּמים, Ch2 2:7 and Ch2 9:10, instead of אלמגּים, Kg1 10:11, probably means sandal wood, which was employed in the temple, according to Kg1 10:12, for stairs and musical instruments, and is therefore mentioned here, although it did not grow in Lebanon, but, according to Kg1 9:10 and Kg1 10:11, was procured at Ophir. Here, in our enumeration, it is inexactly grouped along with the cedars and cypresses brought from Lebanon. Ch2 2:8-9 The infinitive וּלהכין cannot be regarded as the continuation of לכרות, nor is it a continuation of the imperat. לי שׁלח (Ch2 2:7), with the signification, "and let there be prepared for me" (Berth.). It is subordinated to the preceding clauses: send me cedars, which thy people who are skilful in the matter hew, and in that my servants will assist, in order, viz., to prepare me building timber in plenty (the ו is explic). On Ch2 2:8 cf. Ch2 2:4. The infin. abs. הפלא is used adverbially: "wonderfully" (Ew. 280, c). In return, Solomon promises to supply the Tyrian workmen with grain, wine, and oil for their maintenance - a circumstance which is omitted in Kg1 5:10; see on Ch2 2:14. להטבים is more closely defined by העצים לכרתי, and ל is the introductory ל: "and behold, as to the hewers, the fellers of trees." חטב, to hew (wood), and to dress it (Deu 29:10; Jos 9:21, Jos 9:23), would seem to have been supplanted by חצב, which in Ch2 2:2, Ch2 2:18 is used for it, and it is therefore explained by העצים כּרת. "I will give wheat מכּות to thy servants" (the hewers of wood). The word מכּות gives no suitable sense; for "wheat of the strokes," for threshed wheat, would be a very extraordinary expression, even apart from the facts that wheat, which is always reckoned by measure, is as a matter of course supposed to be threshed, and that no such addition is made use of with the barley. מכּות is probably only an orthographical error for מכּלת, food, as may be seen from Kg1 5:11.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

(2:2-9). Solomon, through his ambassadors, addressed himself to Huram king of Tyre, with the request that he would send him an architect and building wood for the temple. On the Tyrian king Huram or Hiram, the contemporary of David and Solomon, see the discussion on Sa2 5:11. According to the account in 1 Kings 5, Solomon asked cedar wood from Lebanon from Hiram; according to our account, which is more exact, he desired an architect, and cedar, cypress, and other wood. In 1 Kings 5 the motive of Solomon's request is given in the communication to Hiram, viz., that David could not carry out the building of the proposed temple on account of his wars, but that Jahve had given him (Solomon) rest and peace, so that he now, in accordance with the divine promise to David, desired to carry on the building (Kg1 5:3-5). In the Ch2 2:2-5, on the contrary, Solomon reminds the Tyrian king of the friendliness with which he had supplied his father David with cedar wood for his palace, and then announces to him his purpose to build a temple to the Lord, at the same time stating that it was designed for the worship of God, whom the heavens and the earth cannot contain. It is clear, therefore, that both authors have expanded the fundamental thoughts of their authority in somewhat freer fashion. The apodosis of the clause beginning with כּאשׁר is wanting, and the sentence is an anacolouthon. The apodosis should be: "do so also for me, and send me cedars." This latter clause follows in Ch2 2:6, Ch2 2:7, while the first can easily be supplied, as is done e.g., in the Vulg., by sic fac mecum.

Ch2 2:4

"Behold, I will build." הנּה with a participle of that which is imminent, what one intends to do. לו להקדּישׁ, to sanctify (the house) to Him. The infinitive clause which follows (וגו להקטיר) defines more clearly the design of the temple. The temple is to be consecrated by worshipping Him there in the manner prescribed, by burning incense, etc. סמּים קטרת, incense of odours, Exo 25:6, which was burnt every morning and evening on the altar of incense, Exo 30:7. The clauses which follow are to be connected by zeugma with להקטיר, i.e., the verbs corresponding to the objects are to be supplied from הקטיר: "and to spread the continual spreading of bread" (Exo 25:30), and to offer burnt-offerings, as is prescribed in Num 28 and 29. וגו זאת לעולם, for ever is this enjoined upon Israel, cf. Ch1 23:31.

Ch2 2:5-6

In order properly to worship Jahve by these sacrifices, the temple must be large, because Jahve is greater than all gods; cf. Exo 18:11; Deu 10:17.

No one is able (כּוח עצר as in Ch1 29:14) to build a house in which this God could dwell, for the heaven of heavens cannot contain Him. These words are a reminiscence of Solomon's prayer (Kg1 8:27; Ch2 6:18). How should I (Solomon) be able to build Him a house, scil. that He should dwell therein? In connection with this, there then comes the thought: and that is not my purpose, but only to offer incense before Him will I build a temple. הקטיר is used as pars pro toto, to designate the whole worship of the Lord. After this declaration of the purpose, there follows in Deu 10:6 the request that he would send him for this end a skilful chief workman, and the necessary material, viz., costly woods. The chief workman was to be a man wise to work in gold, silver, etc. According to Ch2 4:11-16 and Kg1 7:13., he prepared the brazen and metal work, and the vessels of the temple; here, on the contrary, and in Ch2 2:13 also, he is described as a man who was skilful also in purple weaving, and in stone and wood work, to denote that he was an artificer who could take charge of all the artistic work connected with the building of the temple. To indicate this, all the costly materials which were to be employed for the temple and its vessels are enumerated. ארגּון, the later form of ארגּמן, deep-red purple, see on Exo 25:4. כּרמיל, occurring only here, Ch2 2:6, Ch2 2:13, and in Ch2 3:14, in the signification of the Heb. שׁני תּולעת, crimson or scarlet purple, see on Exo 25:4. It is not originally a Hebrew word, but is probably derived from the Old-Persian, and has been imported, along with the thing itself, from Persia by the Hebrews. תּכלת, deep-blue purple, hyacinth purple, see on Exo 25:4. פּתּוּהים פּתּח, to make engraved work, and Exo 28:9, Exo 28:11, Exo 28:36, and Exo 39:6, of engraving precious stones, but used here, as כּל־פּתּוּח, Ch2 2:13, shows, in the general signification of engraved work in metal or carved work in wood; cf. Kg1 6:29. עם־החכמים depends upon לעשׂות: to work in gold ..., together with the wise (skilful) men which are with me in Judah. הכין אשׁר, quos comparavit, cf. Ch1 28:21; Ch1 22:15.

Ch2 2:7

The materials Hiram was to send were cedar, cypress, and algummim wood from Lebanon. אלגוּמים, Ch2 2:7 and Ch2 9:10, instead of אלמגּים, Kg1 10:11, probably means sandal wood, which was employed in the temple, according to Kg1 10:12, for stairs and musical instruments, and is therefore mentioned here, although it did not grow in Lebanon, but, according to Kg1 9:10 and Kg1 10:11, was procured at Ophir. Here, in our enumeration, it is inexactly grouped along with the cedars and cypresses brought from Lebanon.

Ch2 2:8-9

The infinitive וּלהכין cannot be regarded as the continuation of לכרות, nor is it a continuation of the imperat. לי שׁלח (Ch2 2:7), with the signification, "and let there be prepared for me" (Berth.). It is subordinated to the preceding clauses: send me cedars, which thy people who are skilful in the matter hew, and in that my servants will assist, in order, viz., to prepare me building timber in plenty (the ו is explic). On Ch2 2:8 cf. Ch2 2:4. The infin. abs. הפלא is used adverbially: "wonderfully" (Ew. 280, c). In return, Solomon promises to supply the Tyrian workmen with grain, wine, and oil for their maintenance - a circumstance which is omitted in Kg1 5:10; see on Ch2 2:14. להטבים is more closely defined by העצים לכרתי, and ל is the introductory ל: "and behold, as to the hewers, the fellers of trees." חטב, to hew (wood), and to dress it (Deu 29:10; Jos 9:21, Jos 9:23), would seem to have been supplanted by חצב, which in Ch2 2:2, Ch2 2:18 is used for it, and it is therefore explained by העצים כּרת. "I will give wheat מכּות to thy servants" (the hewers of wood). The word מכּות gives no suitable sense; for "wheat of the strokes," for threshed wheat, would be a very extraordinary expression, even apart from the facts that wheat, which is always reckoned by measure, is as a matter of course supposed to be threshed, and that no such addition is made use of with the barley. מכּות is probably only an orthographical error for מכּלת, food, as may be seen from Kg1 5:11.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Solomon sent to Huram - This man's name is written חירם Chiram in Kings; and in Chronicles, חורם Churam: there is properly no difference, only a י yod and a ו vau interchanged. See on Kg1 5:2 (note).

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¹ And Hiram [02438] king [04428] of Tyre [06865] sent [07971] his servants [05650] unto Solomon [08010]; for he had heard [08085] that they had anointed [04886] him king [04428] in the room of his father [01]: for Hiram [02438] was ever [03117] a lover [0157] of David [01732].
² And Solomon [08010] sent [07971] to Hiram [02438], saying [0559],
³ Thou knowest [03045] how that David [01732] my father [01] could [03201] not build [01129] an house [01004] unto the name [08034] of the LORD [03068] his God [0430] for [06440] the wars [04421] which were about him on every side [05437], until the LORD [03068] put [05414] them under the soles [03709] of his feet [07272].
⁴ But now the LORD [03068] my God [0430] hath given me rest [05117] on every side [05439], so that there is neither adversary [07854] nor evil [07451] occurrent [06294].
⁵ And, behold, I purpose [0559] to build [01129] an house [01004] unto the name [08034] of the LORD [03068] my God [0430], as the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto David [01732] my father [01], saying [0559], Thy son [01121], whom I will set [05414] upon thy throne [03678] in thy room, he shall build [01129] an house [01004] unto my name [08034].
⁶ Now therefore command [06680] thou that they hew [03772] me cedar trees [0730] out of Lebanon [03844]; and my servants [05650] shall be with thy servants [05650]: and unto thee will I give [05414] hire [07939] for thy servants [05650] according to all that thou shalt appoint [0559]: for thou knowest [03045] that there is not among us any [0376] that can skill [03045] to hew [03772] timber [06086] like unto the Sidonians [06722].

⁸ And Hiram [02438] sent [07971] to Solomon [08010], saying [0559], I have considered [08085] the things which thou sentest [07971] to me for: and I will do [06213] all thy desire [02656] concerning timber [06086] of cedar [0730], and concerning timber [06086] of fir [01265].

¹¹ Then Huram [02361] the king [04428] of Tyre [06865] answered [0559] in writing [03791], which he sent [07971] to Solomon [08010], Because the LORD [03068] hath loved [0160] his people [05971], he hath made [05414] thee king [04428] over them.

³ And Solomon [08010] sent [07971] to Huram [02361] the king [04428] of Tyre [06865], saying [0559], As thou didst deal [06213] with David [01732] my father [01], and didst send [07971] him cedars [0730] to build [01129] him an house [01004] to dwell [03427] therein, even so deal with me.
⁴ Behold, I build [01129] an house [01004] to the name [08034] of the LORD [03068] my God [0430], to dedicate [06942] it to him, and to burn [06999] before [06440] him sweet [05561] incense [07004], and for the continual [08548] shewbread [04635], and for the burnt offerings [05930] morning [01242] and evening [06153], on the sabbaths [07676], and on the new moons [02320], and on the solemn feasts [04150] of the LORD [03068] our God [0430]. This is an ordinance for ever [05769] to Israel [03478].
⁵ And the house [01004] which I build [01129] is great [01419]: for great [01419] is our God [0430] above all gods [0430].
⁶ But who is able [06113] [03581] to build [01129] him an house [01004], seeing the heaven [08064] and heaven [08064] of heavens [08064] cannot contain [03557] him? who am I then, that I should build [01129] him an house [01004], save only [0518] to burn sacrifice [06999] before [06440] him?
⁷ Send [07971] me now therefore a man [0376] cunning [02450] to work [06213] in gold [02091], and in silver [03701], and in brass [05178], and in iron [01270], and in purple [0710], and crimson [03758], and blue [08504], and that can skill [03045] to grave [06605] [06603] with the cunning men [02450] that are with me in Judah [03063] and in Jerusalem [03389], whom David [01732] my father [01] did provide [03559].
⁸ Send [07971] me also cedar [0730] trees [06086], fir trees [01265], and algum trees [0418], out of Lebanon [03844]: for I know [03045] that thy servants [05650] can skill [03045] to cut [03772] timber [06086] in Lebanon [03844]; and, behold, my servants [05650] shall be with thy servants [05650],
⁹ Even to prepare [03559] me timber [06086] in abundance [07230]: for the house [01004] which I am about to build [01129] shall be wonderful [06381] great [01419].
¹⁰ And, behold, I will give [05414] to thy servants [05650], the hewers [02404] that cut [03772] timber [06086], twenty [06242] thousand [0505] measures [03734] of beaten [04347] wheat [02406], and twenty [06242] thousand [0505] measures [03734] of barley [08184], and twenty [06242] thousand [0505] baths [01324] of wine [03196], and twenty [06242] thousand [0505] baths [01324] of oil [08081].

¹⁶ The pots [05518] also, and the shovels [03257], and the fleshhooks [04207], and all their instruments [03627], did Huram [02361] his father [01] make [06213] to king [04428] Solomon [08010] for the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] of bright [04838] brass [05178].

¹³ And now I have sent [07971] a cunning [02450] man [0376], endued [03045] with understanding [0998], of Huram [02361] my father's [01],

¹ Now Hiram [02438] [02361] king [04428] of Tyre [06865] sent [07971] messengers [04397] to David [01732], and timber [06086] of cedars [0730], with masons [07023] and carpenters [02796], to build [01129] him an house [01004].

¹¹ And Solomon [08010] gave [05414] Hiram [02438] twenty [06242] thousand [0505] measures [03734] of wheat [02406] for food [04361] to his household [01004], and twenty [06242] measures [03734] of pure [03795] oil [08081]: thus gave [05414] Solomon [08010] to Hiram [02438] year [08141] by year [08141].

¹⁸ And he set [06213] threescore and ten [07657] thousand [0505] of them to be bearers of burdens [05449], and fourscore [08084] thousand [0505] to be hewers [02672] in the mountain [02022], and three [07969] thousand [0505] and six [08337] hundred [03967] overseers [05329] to set [05647] the people [05971] a work [05647].

²³ Now therefore ye are cursed [0779], and there shall none of you be freed [03772] from being bondmen [05650], and hewers [02404] of wood [06086] and drawers [07579] of water [04325] for the house [01004] of my God [0430].

²¹ And the princes [05387] said [0559] unto them, Let them live [02421]; but let them be hewers [02404] of wood [06086] and drawers [07579] of water [04325] unto all the congregation [05712]; as the princes [05387] had promised [01696] them.

¹⁰ Ye stand [05324] this day [03117] all of you before [06440] the LORD [03068] your God [0430]; your captains [07218] of your tribes [07626], your elders [02205], and your officers [07860], with all the men [0376] of Israel [03478],

¹⁴ The son [01121] of a woman [0802] of the daughters [01323] of Dan [01835], and his father [01] was a man [0376] of Tyre [06876], skilful [03045] to work [06213] in gold [02091], and in silver [03701], in brass [05178], in iron [01270], in stone [068], and in timber [06086], in purple [0713], in blue [08504], and in fine linen [0948], and in crimson [03758]; also to grave [06605] any manner of graving [06603], and to find out [02803] every device [04284] which shall be put [05414] to him, with thy cunning men [02450], and with the cunning men [02450] of my lord [0113] David [01732] thy father [01].

¹⁰ So Hiram [02438] gave [05414] Solomon [08010] cedar [0730] trees [06086] and fir [01265] trees [06086] according to all his desire [02656].

⁴ Behold, I build [01129] an house [01004] to the name [08034] of the LORD [03068] my God [0430], to dedicate [06942] it to him, and to burn [06999] before [06440] him sweet [05561] incense [07004], and for the continual [08548] shewbread [04635], and for the burnt offerings [05930] morning [01242] and evening [06153], on the sabbaths [07676], and on the new moons [02320], and on the solemn feasts [04150] of the LORD [03068] our God [0430]. This is an ordinance for ever [05769] to Israel [03478].

⁷ Send [07971] me now therefore a man [0376] cunning [02450] to work [06213] in gold [02091], and in silver [03701], and in brass [05178], and in iron [01270], and in purple [0710], and crimson [03758], and blue [08504], and that can skill [03045] to grave [06605] [06603] with the cunning men [02450] that are with me in Judah [03063] and in Jerusalem [03389], whom David [01732] my father [01] did provide [03559].

⁸ Send [07971] me also cedar [0730] trees [06086], fir trees [01265], and algum trees [0418], out of Lebanon [03844]: for I know [03045] that thy servants [05650] can skill [03045] to cut [03772] timber [06086] in Lebanon [03844]; and, behold, my servants [05650] shall be with thy servants [05650],
⁹ Even to prepare [03559] me timber [06086] in abundance [07230]: for the house [01004] which I am about to build [01129] shall be wonderful [06381] great [01419].

¹¹ And the navy [0590] also of Hiram [02438], that brought [05375] gold [02091] from Ophir [0211], brought in [0935] from Ophir [0211] great [03966] plenty [07235] of almug [0484] trees [06086], and precious [03368] stones [068].

¹⁰ And it came to pass at the end [07097] of twenty [06242] years [08141], when Solomon [08010] had built [01129] the two [08147] houses [01004], the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and the king's [04428] house [01004],

¹² And the king [04428] made [06213] of the almug [0484] trees [06086] pillars [04552] for the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and for the king's [04428] house [01004], harps [03658] also and psalteries [05035] for singers [07891]: there came [0935] no such almug [0484] trees [06086], nor were seen [07200] unto this day [03117].

¹⁰ And the servants [05650] also of Huram [02361], and the servants [05650] of Solomon [08010], which brought [0935] gold [02091] from Ophir [0211], brought [0935] algum [0418] trees [06086] and precious [03368] stones [068].

¹⁵ Moreover there are workmen [06213] [04399] with thee in abundance [07230], hewers [02672] and workers [02796] of stone [068] and timber [06086], and all manner of cunning men [02450] for every manner of work [04399].

²¹ And, behold, the courses [04256] of the priests [03548] and the Levites [03881], even they shall be with thee for all the service [05656] of the house [01004] of God [0430]: and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship [04399] every willing [05081] skilful man [02451], for any manner of service [05656]: also the princes [08269] and all the people [05971] will be wholly at thy commandment [01697].

²⁹ And he carved [07049] all the walls [07023] of the house [01004] round about [04524] with carved [06603] figures [04734] of cherubims [03742] and palm trees [08561] and open [06362] flowers [06731], within [06441] and without [02435].

¹³ And now I have sent [07971] a cunning [02450] man [0376], endued [03045] with understanding [0998], of Huram [02361] my father's [01],

⁶ And they wrought [06213] onyx [07718] stones [068] inclosed [04142] in ouches [04865] of gold [02091], graven [06605], as signets [02368] are graven [06603], with the names [08034] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].

³⁶ And thou shalt make [06213] a plate [06731] of pure [02889] gold [02091], and grave [06605] upon it, like the engravings [06603] of a signet [02368], HOLINESS [06944] TO THE LORD [03068].

¹¹ With the work [04639] of an engraver [02796] in stone [068], like the engravings [06603] of a signet [02368], shalt thou engrave [06605] the two [08147] stones [068] with the names [08034] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: thou shalt make [06213] them to be set [04142] in ouches [04865] of gold [02091].

⁹ And thou shalt take [03947] two [08147] onyx [07718] stones [068], and grave [06605] on them the names [08034] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478]:

⁴ And blue [08504], and purple [0713], and scarlet [08438] [08144], and fine linen [08336], and goats [05795]' hair,

¹⁴ And he made [06213] the vail [06532] of blue [08504], and purple [0713], and crimson [03758], and fine linen [0948], and wrought [05927] cherubims [03742] thereon.

¹³ And now I have sent [07971] a cunning [02450] man [0376], endued [03045] with understanding [0998], of Huram [02361] my father's [01],

⁶ But who is able [06113] [03581] to build [01129] him an house [01004], seeing the heaven [08064] and heaven [08064] of heavens [08064] cannot contain [03557] him? who am I then, that I should build [01129] him an house [01004], save only [0518] to burn sacrifice [06999] before [06440] him?

⁴ And blue [08504], and purple [0713], and scarlet [08438] [08144], and fine linen [08336], and goats [05795]' hair,

¹³ And now I have sent [07971] a cunning [02450] man [0376], endued [03045] with understanding [0998], of Huram [02361] my father's [01],

¹³ And king [04428] Solomon [08010] sent [07971] and fetched [03947] Hiram [02438] out of Tyre [06865].

¹¹ And Huram [02361] made [06213] the pots [05518], and the shovels [03257], and the basons [04219]. And Huram [02361] [02438] finished [03615] [06213] the work [04399] that he was to make [06213] for king [04428] Solomon [08010] for the house [01004] of God [0430];
¹² To wit, the two [08147] pillars [05982], and the pommels [01543], and the chapiters [03805] which were on the top [07218] of the two pillars [05982], and the two [08147] wreaths [07639] to cover [03680] the two [08147] pommels [01543] of the chapiters [03805] which were on the top [07218] of the pillars [05982];
¹³ And four [0702] hundred [03967] pomegranates [07416] on the two [08147] wreaths [07639]; two [08147] rows [02905] of pomegranates [07416] on each [0259] wreath [07639], to cover [03680] the two [08147] pommels [01543] of the chapiters [03805] which were upon [06440] the pillars [05982].
¹⁴ He made [06213] also bases [04350], and lavers [03595] made [06213] he upon the bases [04350];
¹⁵ One [0259] sea [03220], and twelve [08147] [06240] oxen [01241] under it.
¹⁶ The pots [05518] also, and the shovels [03257], and the fleshhooks [04207], and all their instruments [03627], did Huram [02361] his father [01] make [06213] to king [04428] Solomon [08010] for the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] of bright [04838] brass [05178].

⁶ And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] took their journey [05265] from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan [0885] to Mosera [04149]: there Aaron [0175] died [04191], and there he was buried [06912]; and Eleazar [0499] his son [01121] ministered in the priest's office [03547] in his stead.

¹⁸ But will God [0430] in very deed [0552] dwell [03427] with men [0120] on the earth [0776]? behold, heaven [08064] and the heaven [08064] of heavens [08064] cannot contain [03557] thee; how much less this house [01004] which I have built [01129] !

²⁷ But will God [0430] indeed [0552] dwell [03427] on the earth [0776]? behold, the heaven [08064] and heaven [08064] of heavens [08064] cannot contain [03557] thee; how much less [0637] this house [01004] that I have builded [01129]?

¹⁴ But who am I, and what is my people [05971], that we should be [06113] able [03581] to offer so willingly [05068] after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own [03027] have we given [05414] thee.

¹⁷ For the LORD [03068] your God [0430] is God [0430] of gods [0430], and Lord [0113] of lords [0113], a great [01419] God [0410], a mighty [01368], and a terrible [03372], which regardeth [05375] not persons [06440], nor taketh [03947] reward [07810]:

¹¹ Now I know [03045] that the LORD [03068] is greater [01419] than all gods [0430]: for in the thing [01697] wherein they dealt proudly [02102] he was above them.

⁵ And the house [01004] which I build [01129] is great [01419]: for great [01419] is our God [0430] above all gods [0430].
⁶ But who is able [06113] [03581] to build [01129] him an house [01004], seeing the heaven [08064] and heaven [08064] of heavens [08064] cannot contain [03557] him? who am I then, that I should build [01129] him an house [01004], save only [0518] to burn sacrifice [06999] before [06440] him?

³¹ And to offer [05927] all burnt sacrifices [05930] unto the LORD [03068] in the sabbaths [07676], in the new moons [02320], and on the set feasts [04150], by number [04557], according to the order [04941] commanded unto them, continually [08548] before [06440] the LORD [03068]:

³⁰ And thou shalt set [05414] upon the table [07979] shewbread [03899] before [06440] me alway [08548].

⁷ And Aaron [0175] shall burn [06999] thereon sweet [05561] incense [07004] every morning [01242]: when he dresseth [03190] the lamps [05216], he shall burn incense [06999] upon it.

⁶ Oil [08081] for the light [03974], spices [01314] for anointing [04888] oil [08081], and for sweet [05561] incense [07004],

² And Solomon [08010] told out [05608] threescore and ten [07657] thousand [0505] men [0376] to bear burdens [05449], and fourscore [08084] thousand [0505] [0376] to hew [02672] in the mountain [02022], and three [07969] thousand [0505] and six [08337] hundred [03967] to oversee [05329] them.
³ And Solomon [08010] sent [07971] to Huram [02361] the king [04428] of Tyre [06865], saying [0559], As thou didst deal [06213] with David [01732] my father [01], and didst send [07971] him cedars [0730] to build [01129] him an house [01004] to dwell [03427] therein, even so deal with me.
⁴ Behold, I build [01129] an house [01004] to the name [08034] of the LORD [03068] my God [0430], to dedicate [06942] it to him, and to burn [06999] before [06440] him sweet [05561] incense [07004], and for the continual [08548] shewbread [04635], and for the burnt offerings [05930] morning [01242] and evening [06153], on the sabbaths [07676], and on the new moons [02320], and on the solemn feasts [04150] of the LORD [03068] our God [0430]. This is an ordinance for ever [05769] to Israel [03478].
⁵ And the house [01004] which I build [01129] is great [01419]: for great [01419] is our God [0430] above all gods [0430].

³ Thou knowest [03045] how that David [01732] my father [01] could [03201] not build [01129] an house [01004] unto the name [08034] of the LORD [03068] his God [0430] for [06440] the wars [04421] which were about him on every side [05437], until the LORD [03068] put [05414] them under the soles [03709] of his feet [07272].
⁴ But now the LORD [03068] my God [0430] hath given me rest [05117] on every side [05439], so that there is neither adversary [07854] nor evil [07451] occurrent [06294].
⁵ And, behold, I purpose [0559] to build [01129] an house [01004] unto the name [08034] of the LORD [03068] my God [0430], as the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto David [01732] my father [01], saying [0559], Thy son [01121], whom I will set [05414] upon thy throne [03678] in thy room, he shall build [01129] an house [01004] unto my name [08034].

¹¹ And Hiram [02438] king [04428] of Tyre [06865] sent [07971] messengers [04397] to David [01732], and cedar [0730] trees [06086], and carpenters [02796], and masons [07023] [068]: and they built [01129] David [01732] an house [01004].

² And Solomon [08010] sent [07971] to Hiram [02438], saying [0559],