Verse 6
2 Chronicles 2:6
Free Bible Version
6
So please send me a master craftsman who is skilled in working with gold, silver, bronze, and iron; and in purple, scarlet, and blue fabrics. He must also know how to engrave, working together with my expert craftsmen from Judea and Jerusalem provided by my father David.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עַתָּ֡ה שְֽׁלַֽח לִ֣/י אִישׁ חָכָ֡ם לַ/עֲשׂוֹת֩ בַּ/זָּהָ֨ב וּ/בַ/כֶּ֜סֶף וּ/בַ/נְּחֹ֣שֶׁת וּ/בַ/בַּרְזֶ֗ל וּ/בָֽ/אַרְגְּוָן֙ וְ/כַרְמִ֣יל וּ/תְכֵ֔לֶת וְ/יֹדֵ֖עַ לְ/פַתֵּ֣חַ פִּתּוּחִ֑ים עִם הַֽ/חֲכָמִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר עִמִּ/י֙ בִּֽ/יהוּדָ֣ה וּ/בִֽ/ירוּשָׁלִַ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֵכִ֖ין דָּוִ֥יד אָבִֽ/י
English Translation
And now send me a wise man to work with gold and silver and bronze and iron and purple and crimson and blue, and who knows how to engrave engravings with the wise men who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father prepared.
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Chapter 2 Context
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9
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10
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12
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13
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14
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15
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