Verse 1

2 Chronicles 2:1

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1 Solomon decided to build a Temple to honor the name of the LORD, and also a royal palace for himself.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יִּסְפֹּ֨ר שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה שִׁבְעִ֥ים אֶ֨לֶף֙ אִ֣ישׁ סַבָּ֔ל וּ/שְׁמוֹנִ֥ים אֶ֛לֶף אִ֖ישׁ חֹצֵ֣ב בָּ/הָ֑ר וּ/מְנַצְּחִ֣ים עֲלֵי/הֶ֔ם שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֖ים וְ/שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת

English Translation

And Solomon counted seventy thousand men to bear burdens and eighty thousand men who quarried stone in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers over them.

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Chapter 2 Context

1 Solomon decided to build a Temple to honor the name of the LORD, and also a royal palace for himself...

2 He enlisted a force of 70,000 laborers, 80,000 men to quarry stone in the hill country, and 3,600 fo... Focus ↗

3 Solomon also sent this message to King Hiram at Tyre: “Send me cedar logs as you did for my father,... Focus ↗

4 I am about to build a Temple to honor the name of the LORD my God (Elohim). It will be a place set a... Focus ↗

5 “This must be a magnificent Temple because our God (Elohim) is greater than all other gods.<br> Focus ↗

6 But who can really build him a worthy home? Not even the highest heavens can contain him! So who am... Focus ↗

7 “So send me a master craftsman who can work with gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as with pur... Focus ↗

8 “Also send me cedar, cypress, and red sandalwood logs from Lebanon, for I know that your men are wit... Focus ↗

9 An immense amount of timber will be needed, for the Temple I am going to build will be very large an... Focus ↗

10 In payment for your woodcutters, I will send 100,000 bushels of crushed wheat, 100,000 bushels of ba... Focus ↗

11 King Hiram sent this letter of reply to Solomon: “It is because the LORD loves his people that he ha... Focus ↗

12 Praise the LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King D... Focus ↗

13 “I am sending you a master craftsman named Huram-abi, who is extremely talented.<br> Focus ↗

14 His mother is from the tribe of Dan in Israel, and his father is from Tyre. He is skillful at making... Focus ↗

15 “Send along the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine that my lord has mentioned.<br> Focus ↗

16 We will cut whatever timber you need from the Lebanon mountains and will float the logs in rafts dow... Focus ↗

17 Solomon took a census of all foreigners in the land of Israel, like the census his father had taken,... Focus ↗

18 He assigned 70,000 of them as common laborers, 80,000 as quarry workers in the hill country, and 3,6... Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Chronicles
Chapter: Chapter 2 (18 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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