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2 Chronicles 2:6-18

2:6

But who is able
<06113> (8799) <03581>

to build
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him an house
<01004>_,

seeing the heaven
<08064>

and heaven
<08064>

of heavens
<08064>

cannot contain
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him? who [am] I then, that I should build
<01129> (8799)

him an house
<01004>_,

save only
<0518>

to burn sacrifice
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before
<06440>

him? {is able: Heb. hath retained, or, obtained strength}

2:7

Send
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me now therefore a man
<0376>

cunning
<02450>

to work
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in gold
<02091>_,

and in silver
<03701>_,

and in brass
<05178>_,

and in iron
<01270>_,

and in purple
<0710>_,

and crimson
<03758>_,

and blue
<08504>_,

and that can skill
<03045> (8802)

to grave
<06605> (8763) <06603>

with the cunning men
<02450>

that [are] with me in Judah
<03063>

and in Jerusalem
<03389>_,

whom David
<01732>

my father
<01>

did provide
<03559> (8689)_.

{to grave: Heb. to grave gravings}

2:8

Send
<07971> (8798)

me also cedar
<0730>

trees
<06086>_,

fir trees
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and algum trees
<0418>_,

out of Lebanon
<03844>_:

for I know
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that thy servants
<05650>

can skill
<03045> (8802)

to cut
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timber
<06086>

in Lebanon
<03844>_;

and, behold, my servants
<05650>

[shall be] with thy servants
<05650>_,

{algum: also called, almuggim}

2:9

Even to prepare
<03559> (8687)

me timber
<06086>

in abundance
<07230>_:

for the house
<01004>

which I am about to build
<01129> (8802)

[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
<05650>_,

the hewers
<02404> (8802)

that cut
<03772> (8802)

timber
<06086>_,

twenty
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thousand
<0505>

measures
<03734>

of beaten
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wheat
<02406>_,

and twenty
<06242>

thousand
<0505>

measures
<03734>

of barley
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and twenty
<06242>

thousand
<0505>

baths
<01324>

of wine
<03196>_,

and twenty
<06242>

thousand
<0505>

baths
<01324>

of oil
<08081>_.

2:11

Then Huram
<02361>

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
<08010>_,

Because the LORD
<03068>

hath loved
<0160>

his people
<05971>_,

he hath made
<05414> (8804)

thee king
<04428>

over them.

2:12

Huram
<02361>

said
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moreover, Blessed
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[be] the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_,

that made
<06213> (8804)

heaven
<08064>

and earth
<0776>_,

who hath given
<05414> (8804)

to David
<01732>

the king
<04428>

a wise
<02450>

son
<01121>_,

endued
<03045> (8802)

with prudence
<07922>

and understanding
<0998>_,

that might build
<01129> (8799)

an house
<01004>

for the LORD
<03068>_,

and an house
<01004>

for his kingdom
<04438>_.

{endued...: Heb. knowing prudence and understanding}

2:13

And now I have sent
<07971> (8804)

a cunning
<02450>

man
<0376>_,

endued
<03045> (8802)

with understanding
<0998>_,

of Huram
<02361>

my father's
<01>_,

2:14

The son
<01121>

of a woman
<0802>

of the daughters
<01323>

of Dan
<01835>_,

and his father
<01>

[was] a man
<0376>

of Tyre
<06876>_,

skilful
<03045> (8802)

to work
<06213> (8800)

in gold
<02091>_,

and in silver
<03701>_,

in brass
<05178>_,

in iron
<01270>_,

in stone
<068>_,

and in timber
<06086>_,

in purple
<0713>_,

in blue
<08504>_,

and in fine linen
<0948>_,

and in crimson
<03758>_;

also to grave
<06605> (8763)

any manner of graving
<06603>_,

and to find out
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every device
<04284>

which shall be put
<05414> (8735)

to him, with thy cunning men
<02450>_,

and with the cunning men
<02450>

of my lord
<0113>

David
<01732>

thy father
<01>_.

2:15

Now therefore the wheat
<02406>_,

and the barley
<08184>_,

the oil
<08081>_,

and the wine
<03196>_,

which my lord
<0113>

hath spoken
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of, let him send
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unto his servants
<05650>_:

2:16

And we will cut
<03772> (8799)

wood
<06086>

out of Lebanon
<03844>_,

as much as thou shalt need
<06878>_:

and we will bring
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it to thee in floats
<07513>

by sea
<03220>

to Joppa
<03305>_;

and thou shalt carry it up
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to Jerusalem
<03389>_.

{as much...: Heb according to all thy need} {Joppa: Heb. Japho}

2:17

And Solomon
<08010>

numbered
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all the strangers
<0582> <01616>

that [were] in the land
<0776>

of Israel
<03478>_,

after
<0310>

the numbering
<05610>

wherewith David
<01732>

his father
<01>

had numbered
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them; and they were found
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an hundred
<03967>

and fifty
<02572>

thousand
<0505>

and three
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thousand
<0505>

and six
<08337>

hundred
<03967>_.

{the strangers: Heb. the men the strangers}

2:18

And he set
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threescore and ten
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thousand
<0505>

of them [to be] bearers of burdens
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and fourscore
<08084>

thousand
<0505>

[to be] hewers
<02672> (8802)

in the mountain
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and three
<07969>

thousand
<0505>

and six
<08337>

hundred
<03967>

overseers
<05329> (8764)

to set
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the people
<05971>

a work
<05647> (8687)_.