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2 Chronicles 2:1-11

2:1

And Solomon
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determined
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to build
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an house
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for the name
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of the LORD
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and an house
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for his kingdom
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2:2

And Solomon
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told out
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threescore and ten
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thousand
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men
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to bear burdens
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and fourscore
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thousand
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to hew
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in the mountain
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and three
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thousand
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and six
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hundred
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to oversee
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them.

2:3

And Solomon
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sent
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to Huram
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the king
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of Tyre
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saying
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As thou didst deal
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with David
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my father
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and didst send
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him cedars
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to build
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him an house
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to dwell
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therein, [even so deal with me]. {Huram: or, Hiram}

2:4

Behold, I build
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an house
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to the name
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of the LORD
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my God
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to dedicate
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[it] to him, [and] to burn
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before
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him sweet
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incense
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and for the continual
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shewbread
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and for the burnt offerings
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morning
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and evening
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on the sabbaths
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and on the new moons
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and on the solemn feasts
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of the LORD
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our God
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This [is an ordinance] for ever
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to Israel
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{sweet...: Heb. incense of spices}

2:5

And the house
<01004>

which I build
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[is] great
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for great
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[is] our God
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above all gods
<0430>_.

2:6

But who is able
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to build
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him an house
<01004>_,

seeing the heaven
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and heaven
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of heavens
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cannot contain
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him? who [am] I then, that I should build
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him an house
<01004>_,

save only
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to burn sacrifice
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before
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him? {is able: Heb. hath retained, or, obtained strength}

2:7

Send
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me now therefore a man
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cunning
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to work
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in gold
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and in silver
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and in brass
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and in iron
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and in purple
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and crimson
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and blue
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and that can skill
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to grave
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with the cunning men
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that [are] with me in Judah
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and in Jerusalem
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whom David
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my father
<01>

did provide
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{to grave: Heb. to grave gravings}

2:8

Send
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me also cedar
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trees
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fir trees
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and algum trees
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out of Lebanon
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for I know
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that thy servants
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can skill
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to cut
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timber
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in Lebanon
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and, behold, my servants
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[shall be] with thy servants
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{algum: also called, almuggim}

2:9

Even to prepare
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me timber
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in abundance
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for the house
<01004>

which I am about to build
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[shall be] wonderful
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great
<01419>_.

{wonderful...: Heb. great and wonderful}

2:10

And, behold, I will give
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to thy servants
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the hewers
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that cut
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timber
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twenty
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thousand
<0505>

measures
<03734>

of beaten
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wheat
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and twenty
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thousand
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measures
<03734>

of barley
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and twenty
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thousand
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baths
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of wine
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and twenty
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thousand
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baths
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of oil
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2:11

Then Huram
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the king
<04428>

of Tyre
<06865>

answered
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in writing
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which he sent
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to Solomon
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Because the LORD
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hath loved
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his people
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he hath made
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thee king
<04428>

over them.