2 Chronicles 2 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Yahweh’s House Will Be Great

(1Ki 5:1–18 )

[fn]Then Solomon^H8010 [fn]decided^H559 to build^H1129 a house^H1004 for the name^H8034 of Yahweh^H3068 and a [fn]royal^H4438 palace^H1004 for himself.

2Ch 2:2

2Ch 2:2 [fn]So Solomon numbered 70,000 men to carry loads and 80,000 men to hew stone in the mountains and 3,600 to direct them.

2Ch 2:3

Then Solomon^H8010 sent^H7971 word to [fn]Huram^H2361 the king^H4428 of Tyre^H6865, saying^H559, “As you dealt^H6213 with David^H1732 my father^H1 and sent^H7971 him cedars^H730 to build^H1129 him a house^H1004 to live^H3427 in, so do for me.

2Ch 2:4

2Ch 2:4“Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, setting it apart to Him as holy, to burn fragrant incense before Him and to set out the showbread continually, and to offer burnt offerings morning and evening, on sabbaths and on new moons and on the appointed feasts of Yahweh our God, this being required forever in Israel.

2Ch 2:5

2Ch 2:5“Now the house which I am about to build will be great, for greater is our God than all the gods.

2Ch 2:6

2Ch 2:6“But who is able to build a house for Him, for the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain Him? So who am I, that I should build a house for Him, except to [fn]burn incense before Him?

2Ch 2:7

2Ch 2:7“So now, send me a wise man to work in gold, silver, brass, and iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue fabrics, and who knows how to make engravings, to work with the wise men [fn]whom I have in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father prepared.

2Ch 2:8

2Ch 2:8“Send me also cedar, cypress and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber of Lebanon; and behold, my servants will work with your servants,

2Ch 2:9

2Ch 2:9to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.

2Ch 2:10

2Ch 2:10“And behold, I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, [fn]20,000 kors of crushed wheat and 20,000 kors of barley, and [fn]20,000 baths of wine and 20,000 baths of oil.”

Covenant with Huram King of Tyre

2Ch 2:11

Then Huram^H2361 king^H4428 of Tyre^H6865 said^H559 in a letter^H3791 [fn]sent^H7971 to Solomon^H8010: “Because Yahweh^H3068 loves^H157 His people^H5971, He has given^H5414 you to be king^H4428 over^H5921 them.”

2Ch 2:12

2Ch 2:12Then Huram said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who has made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, knowledgeable in insight and understanding, who will build a house for Yahweh and a [fn]royal palace for himself.

2Ch 2:13

“So now^H6258, I am sending^H7971 Huram-abi^H2361^H1, a wise^H2450 man^H376, who is knowledgeable^H3045 in understanding^H998,

2Ch 2:14

2Ch 2:14the son of a [fn]Danite woman and [fn]a Tyrian father, who knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, and in purple, blue, linen, and crimson fabrics, and who knows how to make all kinds of engravings and to devise any design which may be given to him, to work with your wise men and with the wise men of my lord David your father.

2Ch 2:15

2Ch 2:15“So now, let my lord send to his servants wheat and barley, oil and wine, of which he has spoken.

2Ch 2:16

2Ch 2:16“And we will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon and bring it to you on rafts by sea to Joppa, so that you may carry it up to Jerusalem.”

2Ch 2:17

Then Solomon^H8010 numbered^H5608 all^H3605 the sojourners^H1616 who^H834 were in the land^H776 of Israel^H3478, following^H310 the [fn]census^H5610 which^H834 his father^H1 David^H1732 had [fn]taken^H5608; and 153,600^H3967^H2572^H505^H7969^H505^H8337^H3967 were found^H4672.