2 Chronicles 2
1And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁלֹמֹה לִבְנֹות בַּיִת לְשֵׁם יְהוָה וּבַיִת לְמַלְכוּתֹו׃ (2878)
See also: 1 Kings 5:5, 2 Chronicles 2:4, 1 Chronicles 22:10, 2 Chronicles 7:11, Deuteronomy 12:5, Deuteronomy 12:11, Deuteronomy 28:58, 1 Kings 3:1, 1 Kings 7:1, 1 Kings 8:18, 1 Kings 8:20, 1 Kings 9:1, 2 Chronicles 2:12, Acts 7:47, Matthew 6:9-10
2And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
וַיִּסְפֹּר שְׁלֹמֹה שִׁבְעִים אֶלֶף אִישׁ סַבָּל וּשְׁמֹונִים אֶלֶף אִישׁ חֹצֵב בָּהָר וּמְנַצְּחִים עֲלֵיהֶם שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים וְשֵׁשׁ מֵאֹות׃ (5491)
3And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.
וַיִּשְׁלַח שְׁלֹמֹה אֶל־חוּרָם מֶלֶךְ־צֹר לֵאמֹר כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ עִם־דָּוִיד אָבִי וַתִּשְׁלַח־לֹו אֲרָזִים לִבְנֹות־לֹו בַיִת לָשֶׁבֶת בֹּו׃ (5827)
4Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.
הִנֵּה אֲנִי בֹונֶה־בַּיִת לְשֵׁם ׀ יְהוָה אֱלֹהָי לְהַקְדִּישׁ לֹו לְהַקְטִיר לְפָנָיו קְטֹרֶת־סַמִּים וּמַעֲרֶכֶת תָּמִיד וְעֹלֹות לַבֹּקֶר וְלָעֶרֶב לַשַּׁבָּתֹות וְלֶחֳדָשִׁים וּלְמֹועֲדֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ לְעֹולָם זֹאת עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ (8309)
See also: Exodus 30:7, Exodus 25:30, Exodus 29:38, Leviticus 24:8, 2 Chronicles 13:11, Nehemiah 10:33, 2 Chronicles 2:1, Psalms 81:3, Leviticus 23:1-17, Leviticus 24:5-9, Numbers 28:1-29, Numbers 28:11, 1 Kings 8:18, 1 Kings 8:63, 2 Chronicles 6:2, Exodus 39:38, Numbers 28:6, 1 Chronicles 16:40, 1 Chronicles 22:7, 1 Chronicles 29:1
5And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
וְהַבַּיִת אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִי בֹונֶה גָּדֹול כִּי־גָדֹול אֱלֹהֵינוּ מִכָּל־הָאֱלֹהִים׃ (1447)
See also: Acts 7:48, Exodus 18:11, 1 Chronicles 16:25, Exodus 15:11, Psalms 135:5, Psalms 136:2, 2 Samuel 7:22, Psalms 68:29, Daniel 4:30, 1 Chronicles 22:5, 1 Chronicles 29:1, 2 Chronicles 2:9, Psalms 76:1, Psalms 86:8-9, Psalms 145:3, Jeremiah 10:6, Jeremiah 17:12, 1 Timothy 6:15, 1 Kings 9:8
6But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?
וּמִי יַעֲצָר־כֹּחַ לִבְנֹות־לֹו בַיִת כִּי הַשָּׁמַיִם וּשְׁמֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם לֹא יְכַלְכְּלֻהוּ וּמִי אֲנִי אֲשֶׁר אֶבְנֶה־לֹּו בַיִת כִּי אִם־לְהַקְטִיר לְפָנָיו׃ (4443)
See also: Acts 17:24, 1 Kings 8:27, 2 Chronicles 6:18, Isaiah 66:1, Revelation 21:22, Acts 7:48-49, Exodus 3:11, Deuteronomy 12:5-6, 2 Samuel 7:18, 1 Chronicles 29:14, 2 Chronicles 1:10, Jeremiah 23:24, Deuteronomy 12:14, Deuteronomy 12:26, 1 Chronicles 17:5, Ezra 7:15, Psalms 132:5, 2 Corinthians 2:16, Ephesians 3:8, Deuteronomy 12:11
7Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
וְעַתָּה שְׁלַח־לִי אִישׁ־חָכָם לַעֲשֹׂות בַּזָּהָב וּבַכֶּסֶף וּבַנְּחֹשֶׁת וּבַבַּרְזֶל וּבָאַרְגְּוָן וְכַרְמִיל וּתְכֵלֶת וְיֹדֵעַ לְפַתֵּחַ פִּתּוּחִים עִם־הַחֲכָמִים אֲשֶׁר עִמִּי בִּיהוּדָה וּבִירוּשָׁלִַם אֲשֶׁר הֵכִין דָּוִיד אָבִי׃ (7926)
See also: 2 Chronicles 2:14, Exodus 31:3-5, 1 Chronicles 22:15-16, 2 Chronicles 2:13-14, 2 Chronicles 26:15, Exodus 26:31, Exodus 28:9, Exodus 31:4, 1 Kings 7:14, Isaiah 23:18, Isaiah 28:26, Isaiah 28:29, Isaiah 60:10, Genesis 4:22
8Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
וּשְׁלַח־לִי עֲצֵי אֲרָזִים בְּרֹושִׁים וְאַלְגּוּמִּים מֵהַלְּבָנֹון כִּי אֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי אֲשֶׁר עֲבָדֶיךָ יֹודְעִים לִכְרֹות עֲצֵי לְבָנֹון וְהִנֵּה עֲבָדַי עִם־עֲבָדֶיךָ׃ (4353)
See also: Haggai 1:8, 1 Kings 5:6, Amos 1:9, 1 Kings 9:11, 1 Kings 10:11, 1 Chronicles 14:1, 2 Chronicles 9:10-11, Song of Solomon 1:17, Revelation 18:12
9Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
וּלְהָכִין לִי עֵצִים לָרֹב כִּי הַבַּיִת אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִי בֹונֶה גָּדֹול וְהַפְלֵא׃ (1840)
10And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
וְהִנֵּה לַחֹטְבִים ׀ לְכֹרְתֵי ׀ הָעֵצִים נָתַתִּי חִטִּים ׀ מַכֹּות לַעֲבָדֶיךָ כֹּרִים עֶשְׂרִים אֶלֶף וּשְׂעֹרִים כֹּרִים עֶשְׂרִים אָלֶף וְיַיִן בַּתִּים עֶשְׂרִים אֶלֶף וְשֶׁמֶן בַּתִּים עֶשְׂרִים אָלֶף׃ (8035)
See also: 2 Chronicles 2:15, 1 Kings 5:11, Deuteronomy 8:8, Genesis 27:28, 1 Kings 5:6, 1 Kings 7:26, 1 Kings 7:38, 2 Chronicles 34:13, Ezra 3:7, Ezra 7:22, Ezekiel 27:17, Luke 10:7, Acts 12:20, Romans 13:7-8
11Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.
וַיֹּאמֶר חוּרָם מֶלֶךְ־צֹר בִּכְתָב וַיִּשְׁלַח אֶל־שְׁלֹמֹה בְּאַהֲבַת יְהוָה אֶת־עַמֹּו נְתָנְךָ עֲלֵיהֶם מֶלֶךְ׃ (3793)
See also: 1 Kings 10:9, 2 Chronicles 9:8, Luke 7:5, Psalms 72:15, 1 Chronicles 14:2, Psalms 72:17, Deuteronomy 7:7-8, 2 Samuel 5:12, 1 Kings 5:7, Isaiah 23:18, Ezekiel 16:14, Daniel 6:23
12Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
וַיֹּאמֶר חוּרָם בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה אֶת־הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נָתַן לְדָוִיד הַמֶּלֶךְ בֵּן חָכָם יֹודֵעַ שֵׂכֶל וּבִינָה אֲשֶׁר יִבְנֶה־בַּיִת לַיהוָה וּבַיִת לְמַלְכוּתֹו׃ (7496)
See also: 1 Kings 3:12, James 3:13, Psalms 33:6, Psalms 119:73, Genesis 2:1, Genesis 24:3, Ecclesiastes 1:16, 1 Peter 1:3, Revelation 4:11, Genesis 1:1-2, 1 Kings 5:7, 1 Chronicles 29:20, 2 Chronicles 1:10-12, 2 Chronicles 2:1, Ezra 1:2, Ezra 8:16, Psalms 72:18-19, Psalms 102:5, Psalms 102:25, Psalms 124:8
13And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s,
וְעַתָּה שָׁלַחְתִּי אִישׁ־חָכָם יֹודֵעַ בִּינָה לְחוּרָם אָבִי׃ (2062)
14The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
בֶּן־אִשָּׁה מִן־בְּנֹות דָּן וְאָבִיו אִישׁ־צֹרִי יֹודֵעַ לַעֲשֹׂות בַּזָּהָב־וּבַכֶּסֶף בַּנְּחֹשֶׁת בַּבַּרְזֶל בָּאֲבָנִים וּבָעֵצִים בָּאַרְגָּמָן בַּתְּכֵלֶת וּבַבּוּץ וּבַכַּרְמִיל וּלְפַתֵּחַ כָּל־פִּתּוּחַ וְלַחְשֹׁב כָּל־מַחֲשָׁבֶת אֲשֶׁר יִנָּתֶן־לֹו עִם־חֲכָמֶיךָ וְחַכְמֵי אֲדֹנִי דָּוִיד אָבִיךָ׃ (9237)
See also: Exodus 35:34, 1 Kings 7:14, 2 Chronicles 2:7, Exodus 31:3-4, Exodus 35:31, 1 Kings 7:13-14, 2 Chronicles 26:15, Exodus 35:35, Psalms 74:5
15Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
וְעַתָּה הַחִטִּים וְהַשְּׂעֹרִים הַשֶּׁמֶן וְהַיַּיִן אֲשֶׁר אָמַר אֲדֹנִי יִשְׁלַח לַעֲבָדָיו׃ (2937)
16And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
וַאֲנַחְנוּ נִכְרֹת עֵצִים מִן־הַלְּבָנֹון כְּכָל־צָרְכֶּךָ וּנְבִיאֵם לְךָ רַפְסֹדֹות עַל־יָם יָפֹו וְאַתָּה תַּעֲלֶה אֹתָם יְרוּשָׁלִָם׃ (4733)
See also: Acts 9:36, Joshua 19:46, 1 Kings 5:9, 1 Kings 5:8-9, Jonah 1:3, 1 Kings 9:11, Ezra 3:7, John 1:3, Acts 10:32
17And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
וַיִּסְפֹּר שְׁלֹמֹה כָּל־הָאֲנָשִׁים הַגֵּירִים אֲשֶׁר בְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל אַחֲרֵי הַסְּפָר אֲשֶׁר סְפָרָם דָּוִיד אָבִיו וַיִּמָּצְאוּ מֵאָה וַחֲמִשִּׁים אֶלֶף וּשְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים וְשֵׁשׁ מֵאֹות׃ (7242)
See also: 1 Chronicles 22:2, 1 Kings 5:15, Joshua 9:21, 1 Kings 5:13-16, 1 Kings 9:20-21, 2 Chronicles 2:2, 2 Chronicles 8:7-8, 2 Chronicles 8:8
18And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
וַיַּעַשׂ מֵהֶם שִׁבְעִים אֶלֶף סַבָּל וּשְׁמֹנִים אֶלֶף חֹצֵב בָּהָר וּשְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים וְשֵׁשׁ מֵאֹות מְנַצְּחִים לְהַעֲבִיד אֶת־הָעָם׃ (5085)