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World English Bible

2 Chronicles 2 (WEBP)

[1] Now Solomon decided to build a house for Yahweh’s name, and a house for his kingdom.
[2] Solomon counted out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, eighty thousand men who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred to oversee them.
[3] Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, “As you dealt with David my father, and sent him cedars to build him a house in which to dwell, so deal with me.
[4] Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, to dedicate it to him, to burn before him incense of sweet spices, for the continual show bread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Yahweh our God. This is an ordinance forever to Israel.
[5] “The house which I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
[6] But who is able to build him a house, since heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain him? Who am I then, that I should build him a house, except just to burn incense before him?
[7] “Now therefore send me a man skillful to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, in iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue, and who knows how to engrave engravings, to be with the skillful men who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.
[8] “Send me also cedar trees, cypress trees, and algum trees out of Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon. Behold, my servants will be with your servants,
[9] even to prepare timber in abundance for me; for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
[10] Behold, I will give to your servants, the cutters who cut timber, twenty thousand cors of beaten wheat, twenty thousand baths of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.”
[11] Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, “Because Yahweh loves his people, he has made you king over them.”
[12] Huram continued, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, who would build a house for Yahweh and a house for his kingdom.
[13] Now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, Huram-abi,
[14] the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre. He is skillful to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, in iron, in stone, in timber, in purple, in blue, in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any kind of engraving and to devise any device, that there may be a place appointed to him with your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.
[15] “Now therefore, the wheat, the barley, the oil, and the wine which my lord has spoken of, let him send to his servants;
[16] and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you need. We will bring it to you in rafts by sea to Joppa; then you shall carry it up to Jerusalem.”
[17] Solomon counted all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, after the census with which David his father had counted them; and they found one hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred.
[18] He set seventy thousand of them to bear burdens, eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to assign the people their work.

2 Chronicles 2:4 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
2 Chronicles 2:10a 1 cor is the same as a homer, or about 55.9 U. S. gallons (liquid) or 211 liters or 6 bushels, so 20,000 cors of wheat would weigh about 545 metric tons
2 Chronicles 2:10b 1 bath is one tenth of a cor, or about 5.6 U. S. gallons or 21 liters or 2.4 pecks. 20,000 baths of barley would weigh about 262 metric tons.
2 Chronicles 2:13 or, Huram, my father

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

2 Chronicles 2 (KJVS)

[1] And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdom.
[2] And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
[3] And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.
[4] Behold, I build an house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.
[5] And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
[6] But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?
[7] Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
[8] Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
[9] even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
[10] And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut 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.
[11] Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the Lord hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.
[12] Huram said moreover, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the Lord, and an house for his kingdom.
[13] And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s,
[14] the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning 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:
[16] and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
[17] And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
[18] And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.

2 Chronicles 2:3 Or, Hiram
2 Chronicles 2:4 Heb. incense of spices
2 Chronicles 2:6 Heb. hath retained, or obtained strength
2 Chronicles 2:7 Heb. to grave gravings
2 Chronicles 2:9 Heb. great and wonderful
2 Chronicles 2:16a Heb. according to all thy need
2 Chronicles 2:16b Heb. Japho
2 Chronicles 2:17 Heb. the men the strangers

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

2 Chronicles 2 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Σαλωμων τοῦ () οἰκοδομῆσαι () οἶκον () τῷ () ὀνόματι () κυρίου () καὶ () οἶκον () τῇ () βασιλείᾳ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[2] Καὶ () συνήγαγεν () Σαλωμων ἑβδομήκοντα () χιλιάδας () ἀνδρῶν () καὶ () ὀγδοήκοντα () χιλιάδας () λατόμων ἐν () τῷ () ὄρει, () καὶ () οἱ () ἐπιστάται () ἐπ’ () αὐτῶν () τρισχίλιοι () ἑξακόσιοι. ()—
[3] καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () Σαλωμων πρὸς () Χιραμ βασιλέα () Τύρου () λέγων () Ὡς () ἐποίησας () μετὰ () τοῦ () πατρός () μου () Δαυιδ () καὶ () ἀπέστειλας () αὐτῷ () κέδρους τοῦ () οἰκοδομῆσαι () ἑαυτῷ () οἶκον () κατοικῆσαι () ἐν () αὐτῷ, ()
[4] καὶ () ἰδοὺ () ἐγὼ () ὁ () υἱὸς () αὐτοῦ () οἰκοδομῶ () οἶκον () τῷ () ὀνόματι () κυρίου () θεοῦ () μου () ἁγιάσαι () αὐτὸν () αὐτῷ () τοῦ () θυμιᾶν () ἀπέναντι () αὐτοῦ () θυμίαμα () καὶ () πρόθεσιν () διὰ () παντὸς () καὶ () τοῦ () ἀναφέρειν () ὁλοκαυτώματα () διὰ () παντὸς () τὸ () πρωῒ () καὶ () τὸ () δείλης καὶ () ἐν () τοῖς () σαββάτοις () καὶ () ἐν () ταῖς () νουμηνίαις () καὶ () ἐν () ταῖς () ἑορταῖς () τοῦ () κυρίου () θεοῦ () ἡμῶν, () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα () τοῦτο () ἐπὶ () τὸν () Ισραηλ. ()
[5] Καὶ () ὁ () οἶκος, () ὃν () ἐγὼ () οἰκοδομῶ, () μέγας, () ὅτι () μέγας () ὁ () θεὸς () ἡμῶν () παρὰ () πάντας () τοὺς () θεούς. ()
[6] Καὶ () τίς () ἰσχύσει () οἰκοδομῆσαι () αὐτῷ () οἶκον; () Ὅτι () ὁ () οὐρανὸς () καὶ () ὁ () οὐρανὸς () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ () οὐ () φέρουσιν () αὐτοῦ () τὴν () δόξαν. () Καὶ () τίς () ἐγὼ () οἰκοδομῶν () αὐτῷ () οἶκον; () Ὅτι () ἀλλ’ () ἢ () τοῦ () θυμιᾶν () κατέναντι () αὐτοῦ. ()
[7] Καὶ () νῦν () ἀπόστειλόν () μοι () ἄνδρα () σοφὸν () καὶ () εἰδότα τοῦ () ποιῆσαι () ἐν () τῷ () χρυσίῳ () καὶ () ἐν () τῷ () ἀργυρίῳ () καὶ () ἐν () τῷ () χαλκῷ () καὶ () ἐν () τῷ () σιδήρῳ () καὶ () ἐν () τῇ () πορφύρᾳ () καὶ () ἐν () τῷ () κοκκίνῳ () καὶ () ἐν () τῇ () ὑακίνθῳ () καὶ () ἐπιστάμενον () γλύψαι γλυφὴν μετὰ () τῶν () σοφῶν () τῶν () μετ’ () ἐμοῦ () ἐν () Ιουδα καὶ () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ, () ὧν () ἡτοίμασεν () Δαυιδ () ὁ () πατήρ () μου. ()
[8] Καὶ () ἀπόστειλόν () μοι () ξύλα () κέδρινα καὶ () ἀρκεύθινα καὶ () πεύκινα ἐκ () τοῦ () Λιβάνου, ὅτι () ἐγὼ () οἶδα () ὡς () οἱ () δοῦλοί () σου () οἴδασιν () κόπτειν () ξύλα () ἐκ () τοῦ () Λιβάνου· καὶ () ἰδοὺ () οἱ () παῖδές () σου () μετὰ () τῶν () παίδων () μου ()
[9] πορεύσονται () ἑτοιμάσαι () μοι () ξύλα () εἰς () πλῆθος, () ὅτι () ὁ () οἶκος, () ὃν () ἐγὼ () οἰκοδομῶ, () μέγας () καὶ () ἔνδοξος. ()
[10] Καὶ () ἰδοὺ () τοῖς () ἐργαζομένοις () τοῖς () κόπτουσιν () ξύλα () εἰς () βρώματα () δέδωκα () σῖτον () εἰς () δόματα () τοῖς () παισίν () σου () κόρων () εἴκοσι () χιλιάδας () καὶ () κριθῶν () κόρων () εἴκοσι () χιλιάδας () καὶ () οἴνου () μέτρων () εἴκοσι () χιλιάδας () καὶ () ἐλαίου () μέτρων () εἴκοσι () χιλιάδας. ()—
[11] καὶ () εἶπεν () Χιραμ βασιλεὺς () Τύρου () ἐν () γραφῇ () καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () πρὸς () Σαλωμων Ἐν () τῷ () ἀγαπῆσαι () κύριον () τὸν () λαὸν () αὐτοῦ () ἔδωκέν () σε () ἐπ’ () αὐτοὺς () εἰς () βασιλέα. ()
[12] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Χιραμ Εὐλογητὸς () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () Ισραηλ, () ὃς () ἐποίησεν () τὸν () οὐρανὸν () καὶ () τὴν () γῆν, () ὃς () ἔδωκεν () τῷ () Δαυιδ () τῷ () βασιλεῖ () υἱὸν () σοφὸν () καὶ () ἐπιστάμενον () σύνεσιν () καὶ () ἐπιστήμην, ὃς () οἰκοδομήσει () οἶκον () τῷ () κυρίῳ () καὶ () οἶκον () τῇ () βασιλείᾳ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[13] Καὶ () νῦν () ἀπέσταλκά () σοι () ἄνδρα () σοφὸν () καὶ () εἰδότα σύνεσιν () τὸν () Χιραμ τὸν () πατέρα () μου ()
[14] [ἡ () μήτηρ () αὐτοῦ () ἀπὸ () θυγατέρων () Δαν, καὶ () ὁ () πατὴρ () αὐτοῦ () ἀνὴρ () Τύριος] () εἰδότα ποιῆσαι () ἐν () χρυσίῳ () καὶ () ἐν () ἀργυρίῳ () καὶ () ἐν () χαλκῷ () καὶ () ἐν () σιδήρῳ, () ἐν () λίθοις () καὶ () ξύλοις () καὶ () ὑφαίνειν ἐν () τῇ () πορφύρᾳ () καὶ () ἐν () τῇ () ὑακίνθῳ () καὶ () ἐν () τῇ () βύσσῳ () καὶ () ἐν () τῷ () κοκκίνῳ () καὶ () γλύψαι γλυφὰς καὶ () διανοεῖσθαι πᾶσαν () διανόησιν, ὅσα () ἂν () δῷς () αὐτῷ, () μετὰ () τῶν () σοφῶν () σου () καὶ () σοφῶν () Δαυιδ () κυρίου () μου () πατρός () σου. ()
[15] Καὶ () νῦν () τὸν () σῖτον () καὶ () τὴν () κριθὴν () καὶ () τὸ () ἔλαιον () καὶ () τὸν () οἶνον, () ἃ () εἶπεν () ὁ () κύριός () μου, () ἀποστειλάτω () τοῖς () παισὶν () αὐτοῦ. ()
[16] Καὶ () ἡμεῖς () κόψομεν () ξύλα () ἐκ () τοῦ () Λιβάνου κατὰ () πᾶσαν () τὴν () χρείαν () σου () καὶ () ἄξομεν () αὐτὰ () σχεδίαις ἐπὶ () θάλασσαν () Ιόππης, () καὶ () σὺ () ἄξεις () αὐτὰ () εἰς () Ιερουσαλημ. ()—
[17] καὶ () συνήγαγεν () Σαλωμων πάντας () τοὺς () ἄνδρας () τοὺς () προσηλύτους () ἐν () γῇ () Ισραηλ () μετὰ () τὸν () ἀριθμόν, () ὃν () ἠρίθμησεν () αὐτοὺς () Δαυιδ () ὁ () πατὴρ () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () εὑρέθησαν () ἑκατὸν () πεντήκοντα () χιλιάδες () καὶ () τρισχίλιοι () ἑξακόσιοι. ()
[18] Καὶ () ἐποίησεν () ἐξ () αὐτῶν () ἑβδομήκοντα () χιλιάδας () νωτοφόρων καὶ () ὀγδοήκοντα () χιλιάδας () λατόμων καὶ () τρισχιλίους () ἑξακοσίους () ἐργοδιώκτας ἐπὶ () τὸν () λαόν. ()

2 Chronicles 2:1 Originally verse 1:18.
2 Chronicles 2:2 Originally verse 2:1.
2 Chronicles 2:3 Originally verse 2:2.
2 Chronicles 2:4 Originally verse 2:3.
2 Chronicles 2:5 Originally verse 2:4.
2 Chronicles 2:6 Originally verse 2:5.
2 Chronicles 2:7 Originally verse 2:6.
2 Chronicles 2:8 Originally verse 2:7.
2 Chronicles 2:9 Originally verse 2:8.
2 Chronicles 2:10 Originally verse 2:9.
2 Chronicles 2:11 Originally verse 2:10.
2 Chronicles 2:12 Originally verse 2:11.
2 Chronicles 2:13 Originally verse 2:12.
2 Chronicles 2:14 Originally verse 2:13.
2 Chronicles 2:15 Originally verse 2:14.
2 Chronicles 2:16 Originally verse 2:15.
2 Chronicles 2:17 Originally verse 2:16.
2 Chronicles 2:18 Originally verse 2:17.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.