2 Chronicles · Brenton's English Septuagint
2 Chronicles 2 Brenton's English Septuagint
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
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- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
1 And Solomon gathered seventy thousand men that bore burdens, and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the mountain, and [there were] three thousand six hundred superintendents over them.
1 Now Solomon decided to build a house for Yahweh’s name, and a house for his kingdom.
2 And Solomon sent to Chiram king of Tyre, saying, Whereas thou didst deal [favourably] with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build for himself a house to dwell in,
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 behold, I also his son am building a house to the name of the Lord my God, to consecrate it to him, to burn incense before him, and [to offer] shewbread continually, and to offer up whole-burnt-offerings continually morning and evening, and on the sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts of the Lord our God: this [is] a perpetual [statute] for Israel.
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 And the house which I am building [is to be] great: for the Lord our God [is] great beyond all gods.
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 And who will be able to build him a house? for the heaven and heaven of heavens do not bear his glory: and who am I, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?
5 “The house which I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
6 And now send me a man wise and skilled to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in blue, and one that knows how to grave together with the craftsmen who are with me in Juda and in Jerusalem, which materials my father David prepared.
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 And send me from Libanus cedar wood, and wood of juniper, and pine; for I know that thy servants are skilled in cutting timber in Libanus: and, behold, thy servants shall go with my servants,
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 to prepare timber for me in abundance: for the house which I am building [must be] great and glorious.
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 And, behold, I have given freely to thy servants that work and cut the wood, corn for food, [even] twenty thousand measures of wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand measures of wine, and twenty thousand measures of oil.
9 even to prepare timber in abundance for me; for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
10 And Chiram king of Tyre answered in writing, and sent to Solomon, saying, Because the Lord loved his people, he made thee king over them.
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 And Chiram said, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given to king David a wise son, and one endowed with knowledge and understanding, who shall build a house for the Lord, and a house for his kingdom.
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 And now I have sent thee a wise and understanding man [who belonged] to Chiram my father
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 (his mother [was] of the daughters of Dan, and his father [was] a Tyrian), skilled to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in stones and wood; and to weave with purple, and blue, and fine linen, and scarlet; and to engrave, and to understand every device, whatsoever thou shalt give him [to do] with thy craftsmen, and the craftsmen of my lord David thy father.
13 Now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, Huram-abi,
14 And now, the wheat, and the barley, and the oil, and the wine which my lord mentioned, let him send to his servants.
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 And we will cut timber out of Libanus according to all thy need, and we will bring it on rafts to the sea of Joppa, and thou shalt bring it to Jerusalem.
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 Solomon gathered all the foreigners that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father numbered them; and there were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.
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 And he made of them seventy thousand burden-bearers, and eighty thousand hewers of stone, and three thousand six hundred taskmasters over the people.
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.
Cross references (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Kings 5:5; 1 Chronicles 22:10; Deuteronomy 12:11; 1 Kings 8:18; 1 Kings 8:20
- 2 2 Chronicles 2:18; 1 Kings 5:15–16
- 3 1 Chronicles 14:1; 2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 5:1–11
- 4 Exodus 30:7; Exodus 25:30; 2 Chronicles 2:1; 1 Kings 8:63; Leviticus 24:5–9
- 5 1 Chronicles 16:25; Psalm 135:5; Exodus 15:11; Psalm 86:8–9; Jeremiah 10:6
- 6 2 Chronicles 6:18; Isaiah 66:1; 1 Kings 8:27; Acts 7:48–49; 1 Chronicles 29:14
- 7 Exodus 31:3–5; 2 Chronicles 2:13–14; 1 Chronicles 22:15–16; 1 Kings 7:14; Isaiah 60:10
- 8 1 Kings 5:6; 1 Kings 10:11; 2 Chronicles 9:10–11
- 9 2 Chronicles 7:21; 1 Kings 9:8; 2 Chronicles 2:5
- 10 1 Kings 5:11; Ezra 7:22; 1 Kings 7:26; Romans 13:7–8; Luke 10:7
- 11 2 Chronicles 9:8; 1 Kings 10:9; Psalm 72:17; Deuteronomy 7:7–8
- 12 Psalm 33:6; Revelation 4:11; 1 Peter 1:3; 1 Kings 5:7; Psalm 136:5–6
- 13 2 Chronicles 4:16
- 14 2 Chronicles 2:7; Exodus 31:3–4; 1 Kings 7:13–14
- 15 2 Chronicles 2:10; 1 Kings 5:11
- 16 Joshua 19:46; 1 Kings 5:8–9; Acts 10:32; Ezra 3:7; John 1:3
- 17 1 Chronicles 22:2; 1 Kings 5:13–16; 1 Kings 9:20–21; 2 Chronicles 8:7–8; 2 Chronicles 2:2
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