Verse 7
2 Chronicles 2:7
Free Bible Version
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Also send me cedar, cypress, and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your workers are skillful in cutting down the trees of Lebanon. I will send men to help your workers
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּֽ/שְׁלַֽח לִ/י֩ עֲצֵ֨י אֲרָזִ֜ים בְּרוֹשִׁ֣ים וְ/אַלְגּוּמִּים֮ מֵֽ/הַ/לְּבָנוֹן֒ כִּ֚י אֲנִ֣י יָדַ֔עְתִּי אֲשֶׁ֤ר עֲבָדֶ֨י/ךָ֙ יֽוֹדְעִ֔ים לִ/כְר֖וֹת עֲצֵ֣י לְבָנ֑וֹן וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה עֲבָדַ֖/י עִם עֲבָדֶֽי/ךָ
English Translation
And send to me cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut down trees of Lebanon, and behold, my servants are with your servants.
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Chapter 2 Context
1
He allocated 70,000 men as laborers, 80,000 as stone cutters in the mountains, and 3,600 as foremen.
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2
Solomon sent a message to Hiram, king of Tyre, telling him,
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3
“Please do as you did with my father David when you sent him cedar timber for him to build a palace...
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4
This Temple I am about to build must be impressive, because our God (Elohim) is greater than all god...
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But who can build a Temple for him to live in, for the heavens, even highest heaven, cannot contain...
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6
So please send me a master craftsman who is skilled in working with gold, silver, bronze, and iron;...
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7
Also send me cedar, cypress, and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your workers are skillfu...
8
I will pay your workers, the wood-cutters, 20,000 cors of crushed wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 20,0...
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9
King Hiram of Tyre responded to Solomon by letter: “It's because the Lord loves his people that he h...
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10
Hiram went on, “Praise the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He...
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11
I'm sending you Hiram-Abi, a master craftsman who knows and understands what he's doing.
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12
His mother is from the tribe of Dan and his father is from Tyre. He's an expert in working with gold...
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13
Now my lord, please send to us his servants the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine he spoke about.
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14
We will cut all timber you need from Lebanon and take it to you by sea in rafts to Joppa. From there...
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15
Solomon had a census taken of all the foreigners in the land of Israel, like the census his father D...
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He allocated 70,000 as laborers, 80,000 as stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 as foremen.
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