2 Chronicles 2:1-10 — Legacy Standard Bible

Yahweh’s House Will Be Great

2¹^,^aThen Solomon ²decided to build a house for the name of Yahweh and a ³royal palace for himself. ²¹So ^aSolomon numbered 70,000 men to carry loads and 80,000 men to hew stone in the mountains and 3,600 to direct them.

³^aThen Solomon sent word to ¹Huram the king of Tyre, saying, “^bAs you dealt with David my father and sent him cedars to build him a house to live in, so do for me. ⁴“Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, setting it apart to Him as holy, ^ato burn fragrant incense before Him and to set out ^bthe showbread continually, and to offer ^cburnt offerings morning and evening, ^don sabbaths and on new moons and on the appointed feasts of Yahweh our God, this being required forever in Israel. ⁵“Now the house which I am about to build will be great, for ^agreater is our God than all the gods. ⁶“But ^awho is able to build a house for Him, for the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain Him? So who am I, that I should build a house for Him, except to ¹burn incense before Him? ⁷“So now, ^asend me a wise man to work in gold, silver, brass, and iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue fabrics, and who knows how to make engravings, to work with the wise men ¹^,^bwhom I have in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father prepared. ⁸“^aSend me also cedar, cypress and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber of Lebanon; and behold, ^bmy servants will work with your servants, ⁹to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful. ¹⁰“And behold, ^aI will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, ¹20,000 kors of crushed wheat and 20,000 kors of barley, and ²20,000 baths of wine and 20,000 baths of oil.”