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2 Chronicles 2:3-6

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
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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
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2:6

But who is able
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to build
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him an house
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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
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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}