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And Solomon[H8010]determined[H559] to build[H1129] an house[H1004] for the name[H8034] of the LORD[H3068], and an house[H1004] for his kingdom[H4438].
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And Solomon[H8010] told out[H5608] threescore and ten[H7657]thousand[H505]men[H376] to bear burdens[H5449], and fourscore[H8084]thousand[H376] to hew[H2672] in the mountain[H2022], and three[H7969]thousand[H376] and six[H8337]hundred[H3967] to oversee[H5329] them.
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And Solomon[H8010]sent[H7971] to Huram[H2361] the king[H4428] of Tyre[H6865], saying[H559], As thou didst deal[H6213] with David[H1732] my father[H1], and didst send[H7971] him cedars[H730] to build[H1129] him an house[H1004] to dwell[H3427] therein, even so deal[H6213] with me.
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Behold, I build[H1129] an house[H1004] to the name[H8034] of the LORD[H3068] my God[H430], to dedicate[H6942] it to him, and to burn[H6999]before[H6440] him sweet[H5561]incense[H7004], and for the continual[H8548]shewbread[H4635], and for the burnt offerings[H5930]morning[H1242] and evening[H6153], on the sabbaths[H7676], and on the new moons[H2320], and on the solemn feasts[H4150] of the LORD[H3068] our God[H430]. This is an ordinance for ever[H5769] to Israel[H3478].
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And the house[H1004] which I build[H1129] is great[H1419]: for great[H1419] is our God[H430] above all gods[H430].
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But who is able[H6113] to build[H1129] him an house[H1004], seeing the heaven[H8064] and heaven[H8064] of heavens[H8064] cannot contain[H3557] him? who am I then, that I should build[H1129] him an house[H1004], save only[H518] to burn sacrifice[H6999]before[H6440] him?
7Send[H7971] me now therefore a man[H376]cunning[H2450] to work[H6213] in gold[H2091], and in silver[H3701], and in brass[H5178], and in iron[H1270], and in purple[H710], and crimson[H3758], and blue[H8504], and that can skill[H3045] to grave[H6605] with the cunning[H2450]men[H2450] that are with me in Judah[H3063] and in Jerusalem[H3389], whom David[H1732] my father[H1] did provide[H3559].
8Send[H7971] me also cedar[H730]trees[H6086], fir trees[H1265], and algum trees[H418], out of Lebanon[H3844]: for I know[H3045] that thy servants[H5650] can skill[H3045] to cut[H3772]timber[H6086] in Lebanon[H3844]; and, behold, my servants[H5650] shall be with thy servants[H5650],
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Even to prepare[H3559] me timber[H6086] in abundance[H7230]: for the house[H1004] which I am about to build[H1129] shall be wonderful[H6381]great[H1419].
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And, behold, I will give[H5414] to thy servants[H5650], the hewers[H2404] that cut[H3772]timber[H6086], twenty[H6242]thousand[H505]measures[H3734] of beaten[H4347]wheat[H2406], and twenty[H6242]thousand[H505]measures[H3734] of barley[H8184], and twenty[H6242]thousand[H505]baths[H1324] of wine[H3196], and twenty[H6242]thousand[H505]baths[H1324] of oil[H8081].
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Then Huram[H2361] the king[H4428] of Tyre[H6865]answered[H559] in writing[H3791], which he sent[H7971] to Solomon[H8010], Because the LORD[H3068] hath loved[H160] his people[H5971], he hath made[H5414] thee king[H4428] over them.
12Huram[H2361]said[H559] moreover, Blessed[H1288] be the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478], that made[H6213]heaven[H8064] and earth[H776], who hath given[H5414] to David[H1732] the king[H4428] a wise[H2450]son[H1121], endued[H3045] with prudence[H7922] and understanding[H998], that might build[H1129] an house[H1004] for the LORD[H3068], and an house[H1004] for his kingdom[H4438].
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And now I have sent[H7971] a cunning[H2450]man[H376], endued[H3045] with understanding[H998], of Huram[H2361] my father's,
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The son[H1121] of a woman[H802] of the daughters[H1323] of Dan[H1835], and his father[H1] was a man[H376] of Tyre[H6876], skilful[H3045] to work[H6213] in gold[H2091], and in silver[H3701], in brass[H5178], in iron[H1270], in stone[H68], and in timber[H6086], in purple[H713], in blue[H8504], and in fine linen[H948], and in crimson[H3758]; also to grave[H6605] any manner of graving[H6603], and to find out[H2803] every device[H4284] which shall be put[H5414] to him, with thy cunning men[H2450], and with the cunning men[H2450] of my lord[H113]David[H1732] thy father[H1].
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Now therefore the wheat[H2406], and the barley[H8184], the oil[H8081], and the wine[H3196], which my lord[H113] hath spoken[H559] of, let him send[H7971] unto his servants[H5650]:
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And we will cut[H3772]wood[H6086] out of Lebanon[H3844], as much as thou shalt need[H6878]: and we will bring[H935] it to thee in floats[H7513] by sea[H3220] to Joppa[H3305]; and thou shalt carry it up[H5927] to Jerusalem[H3389].
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And Solomon[H8010]numbered[H5608] all the strangers[H582] that were in the land[H776] of Israel[H3478], after[H310] the numbering[H5610] wherewith David[H1732] his father[H1] had numbered[H5608] them; and they were found[H4672] an hundred[H3967] and fifty[H2572]thousand[H505] and three[H7969]thousand[H505] and six[H8337]hundred[H3967].
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And he set[H6213] threescore and ten[H7657]thousand[H505] of them to be bearers of burdens[H5449], and fourscore[H8084]thousand[H505] to be hewers[H2672] in the mountain[H2022], and three[H7969]thousand[H505] and six[H8337]hundred[H3967]overseers[H5329] to set[H5647] the people[H5971] a work[H5647].