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| [1]Then Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdom. |
[1]And Solomon saith to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom, |
| [2]And Solomon told out seventy thousand that bear burdens, and fourscore thousand men to hew stones in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. |
[2]and Solomon numbereth seventy thousand men bearing burden, and eighty thousand men hewing in the mountain, and overseers over them -- three thousand and six hundred. |
| [3]And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyrus, saying, As thou hast done to David my father, and didst send him cedar trees to build him an house to dwell in, so do to me. |
[3]And Solomon sendeth unto Huram king of Tyre, saying, `When thou hast dealt with David my father, then thou dost send to him cedars to build for him a house to dwell in; |
| [4]Behold, I build an house unto the name of the Lord my God, to sanctify it unto him, and to burn sweet incense before him, and for the continual showbread, and for the burnt offerings of the morning and evening, on the Sabbath days, and in the new months, and in the solemn feasts of the Lord our God: this is a perpetual thing for Israel. |
[4]lo, I am building a house to the name of Jehovah my God, to sanctify [it] to Him, to make perfume before Him, perfume of spices, and a continual arrangement, and burnt-offerings at morning and at evening, at sabbaths, and at new moons, and at appointed seasons of Jehovah our God; to the age this [is] on Israel. |
| [5]And the house which I build, is great: for great is our God above all gods. |
[5]`And the house that I am building [is] great, for greater [is] our God than all gods; |
| [6]Who is he then that can be able to build him an house, when the heaven, and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? Who am I then that I should build him an house? But I do it to burn incense before him. |
[6]and who doth retain strength to build to Him a house, for the heavens, even the heavens of the heavens, do not contain Him? and who [am] I that I do build to Him a house, except to make perfume before Him? |
| [7]Send me now therefore a cunning man that can work in gold, in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson and blue silk, and that can grave in graven work with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father hath prepared. |
[7]`And now, send to me a wise man to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and knowing to grave gravings with the wise men who [are] with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father prepared; |
| [8]Send me also cedar trees, fir trees and Algummim trees from Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to hew timber in Lebanon: and behold, my servants shall be with thine, |
[8]and send to me cedar-trees, firs, and algums from Lebanon, for I have known that thy servants know to cut down trees of Lebanon, and lo, my servants [are] with thy servants, |
| [9]That they may prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I do build , is great and wonderful. |
[9]even to prepare for me trees in abundance, for the house that I am building [is] great and wonderful. |
| [10]And behold, I will give to thy servants the cutters and the hewers of 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. |
[10]`And lo, to hewers, to those cutting the trees, I have given beaten wheat to thy servants, cors twenty thousand, and barley, cors twenty thousand, and wine, baths twenty thousand, and oil, baths twenty thousand.' |
| [11]Then Huram king of Tyrus answered in writing which he sent to Solomon, Because the Lord hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them. |
[11]And Huram king of Tyre saith in writing, and sendeth unto Solomon: `In the love of Jehovah to His people He hath given thee king over them.' |
| [12]Huram said moreover, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which made the heaven and the earth, and that hath given unto David the king a wise son, that hath discretion, prudence and understanding to build an house for the Lord, and a palace for his kingdom. |
[12]And Huram saith, `Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, knowing wisdom and understanding, who doth build a house for Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom. |
| [13]Now therefore I have sent a wise man, and of understanding of my father Huram's, |
[13]`And now, I have sent a wise man having understanding, of Huram my father, |
| [14]The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan: and his father was a man of Tyrus, and he can skill to work in gold, in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue silk, and in fine linen, and in crimson, and can grave in all graven works, and broider in all broidered work that shall be given him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father. |
[14](son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father a man of Tyre), knowing to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stones, and in wood, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, and to grave any graving, and to devise any device that is given to him, with thy wise men, and the wise men of my lord David thy father. |
| [15]Now therefore the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants. |
[15]`And, now, the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, as my lord said, let him send to his servants, |
| [16]And we will cut wood in Lebanon as much as thou shalt need, and will bring it to thee in rafts by the sea to Joppa, so thou mayest carry them to Jerusalem. |
[16]and we -- we cut trees out of Lebanon, according to all thy need, and bring them in to thee -- floats by sea, to Joppa, and thou dost take them up to Jerusalem.' |
| [17]And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering that his father David had numbered them: and they were found an hundred and three and fifty thousand, and six hundred. |
[17]And Solomon numbereth all the men, the sojourners who [are] in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father numbered them, and they are found a hundred and fifty thousand, and three thousand, and six hundred; |
| [18]And he set seventy thousand of them to the burden, and fourscore thousand to hew stones in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to cause the people to work. |
[18]and he maketh of them seventy thousand burden-bearers, and eighty thousand hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers, to cause the people to work. |