Dual Panel1And Solomon <08010> determined <0559> (8799) to build <01129> (8800) an house <01004> for the name <08034> of the LORD <03068>_, and an house <01004> for his kingdom <04438>_.
2And Solomon <08010> told out <05608> (8799) threescore and ten <07657> thousand <0505> men <0376> to bear burdens <05449>_, and fourscore <08084> thousand <0505> <0376> to hew <02672> (8802) in the mountain <02022>_, and three <07969> thousand <0505> and six <08337> hundred <03967> to oversee <05329> (8764) them.
3And Solomon <08010> sent <07971> (8799) to Huram <02361> the king <04428> of Tyre <06865>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, As thou didst deal <06213> (8804) with David <01732> my father <01>_, and didst send <07971> (8799) him cedars <0730> to build <01129> (8800) him an house <01004> to dwell <03427> (8800) therein, [even so deal with me]. {Huram: or, Hiram}
4Behold, I build <01129> (8802) an house <01004> to the name <08034> of the LORD <03068> my God <0430>_, to dedicate <06942> (8687) [it] to him, [and] to burn <06999> (8687) before <06440> him sweet <05561> incense <07004>_, and for the continual <08548> shewbread <04635>_, and for the burnt offerings <05930> morning <01242> and evening <06153>_, on the sabbaths <07676>_, and on the new moons <02320>_, and on the solemn feasts <04150> of the LORD <03068> our God <0430>_. This [is an ordinance] for ever <05769> to Israel <03478>_. {sweet...: Heb. incense of spices}
5And the house <01004> which I build <01129> (8802) [is] great <01419>_: for great <01419> [is] our God <0430> above all gods <0430>_.
6But who is able <06113> (8799) <03581> to build <01129> (8800) him an house <01004>_, seeing the heaven <08064> and heaven <08064> of heavens <08064> cannot contain <03557> (8770) him? who [am] I then, that I should build <01129> (8799) him an house <01004>_, save only <0518> to burn sacrifice <06999> (8687) before <06440> him? {is able: Heb. hath retained, or, obtained strength}
7Send <07971> (8798) me now therefore a man <0376> cunning <02450> to work <06213> (8800) 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}
8Send <07971> (8798) me also cedar <0730> trees <06086>_, fir trees <01265>_, and algum trees <0418>_, out of Lebanon <03844>_: for I know <03045> (8804) that thy servants <05650> can skill <03045> (8802) to cut <03772> (8800) timber <06086> in Lebanon <03844>_; and, behold, my servants <05650> [shall be] with thy servants <05650>_, {algum: also called, almuggim}
9Even 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 <06381> (8687) great <01419>_. {wonderful...: Heb. great and wonderful}
10And, behold, I will give <05414> (8804) to thy servants <05650>_, the hewers <02404> (8802) that cut <03772> (8802) timber <06086>_, twenty <06242> thousand <0505> measures <03734> of beaten <04347> wheat <02406>_, and twenty <06242> thousand <0505> measures <03734> of barley <08184>_, and twenty <06242> thousand <0505> baths <01324> of wine <03196>_, and twenty <06242> thousand <0505> baths <01324> of oil <08081>_.
11Then Huram <02361> the king <04428> of Tyre <06865> answered <0559> (8799) in writing <03791>_, which he sent <07971> (8799) to Solomon <08010>_, Because the LORD <03068> hath loved <0160> his people <05971>_, he hath made <05414> (8804) thee king <04428> over them.
12Huram <02361> said <0559> (8799) moreover, Blessed <01288> (8803) [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}
13And now I have sent <07971> (8804) a cunning <02450> man <0376>_, endued <03045> (8802) with understanding <0998>_, of Huram <02361> my father's <01>_,
14The 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 <02803> (8800) 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>_.
15Now therefore the wheat <02406>_, and the barley <08184>_, the oil <08081>_, and the wine <03196>_, which my lord <0113> hath spoken <0559> (8804) of, let him send <07971> (8799) unto his servants <05650>_:
16And we will cut <03772> (8799) wood <06086> out of Lebanon <03844>_, as much as thou shalt need <06878>_: and we will bring <0935> (8686) it to thee in floats <07513> by sea <03220> to Joppa <03305>_; and thou shalt carry it up <05927> (8686) to Jerusalem <03389>_. {as much...: Heb according to all thy need} {Joppa: Heb. Japho}
17And Solomon <08010> numbered <05608> (8799) 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 <05608> (8804) them; and they were found <04672> (8735) an hundred <03967> and fifty <02572> thousand <0505> and three <07969> thousand <0505> and six <08337> hundred <03967>_. {the strangers: Heb. the men the strangers}
18And he set <06213> (8799) threescore and ten <07657> thousand <0505> of them [to be] bearers of burdens <05449>_, and fourscore <08084> thousand <0505> [to be] hewers <02672> (8802) in the mountain <02022>_, and three <07969> thousand <0505> and six <08337> hundred <03967> overseers <05329> (8764) to set <05647> (0) the people <05971> a work <05647> (8687)_.