Verse 1

2 Chronicles 2:1

New King James Version

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1 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

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 an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew... Focus ↗

3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and did... Focus ↗

4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God (Elohim), to dedicate it to him, and to burn... Focus ↗

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

6 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? w... Focus ↗

7 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and i... Focus ↗

8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants c... Focus ↗

9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful g... Focus ↗

10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of be... Focus ↗

11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath lov... Focus ↗

12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God (Elohim) of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hat... Focus ↗

13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s, Focus ↗

14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in go... Focus ↗

15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let hi... Focus ↗

16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in flo... Focus ↗

17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewit... Focus ↗

18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to b... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: 2 Chronicles
Chapter: Chapter 2 (18 verses)
Version: New King James Version

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