Verse 1

2 Chronicles 2:1

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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1 And Solomon determined to build a house to the name of the Lord, and a 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 And Solomon determined to build a house to the name of the Lord, and a palace for himself.

2 And he numbered out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand to hew stones in the m... Focus ↗

3 He sent also to Hiram king of Tyre, saying: As thou didst with David my father, and didst send him c... Focus ↗

4 So do with me that I may build a house to the name of the Lord my God (Elohim), to dedicate it to bu... Focus ↗

5 For the house which I desire to build, is great: for our God (Elohim) is great above all gods. Focus ↗

6 Who then can be able to build him a worthy house? if heaven, and the heavens of heavens cannot conta... Focus ↗

7 Send me therefore a skilful man, that knoweth how to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, and in i... Focus ↗

8 Send me also cedars, and fir trees, and pine trees from Libanus: for I know that thy servants are sk... Focus ↗

9 To provide me timber in abundance. For the house which I desire to build, is to be exceeding great,... Focus ↗

10 And I will give thy servants the workmen that are to cut down the trees, for their food twenty thous... Focus ↗

11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent a letter to Solomon, saying: Because the Lord hath loved his people, the... Focus ↗

12 And he added, saying: Blessed be the Lord the God (Elohim) of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who... Focus ↗

13 I therefore have sent thee my father Hiram, a wise and most skilful man, Focus ↗

14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, whose father was a Tyrian, who knoweth how to work in go... Focus ↗

15 The wheat therefore, and the barley and the oil, and the wine, which thou, my lord, hast promised, s... Focus ↗

16 And we will cut down as many trees out of Libanus, as thou shalt want, and will convey them in float... Focus ↗

17 And Solomon numbered all the proselytes in the land of Israel, after the numbering which David his f... Focus ↗

18 And he set seventy thousand of them to carry burdens on their shoulders, and eighty thousand to hew... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: 2 Chronicles
Chapter: Chapter 2 (18 verses)
Version: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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