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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.