2 Chronicles 2
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
2 And Solomon determined to build a house to the name of the Lord, and a palace for himself.
2 And he numbered out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand to hew stones in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred to oversee them.
3 He sent also to Hiram king of Tyre, saying: As thou didst with David my father, and didst send him cedars, to build him a house, in which he dwelt:
4 So do with me that I may build a house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to burn incense before him, and to perfume with aromatical spices, and for the continual setting forth of bread, and for the holocausts, morning and evening, and on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and the solemnities of the Lord our God for ever, which are commanded for Israel.
5 For the house which I desire to build, is great: for our God is great above all gods.
6 Who then can be able to build him a worthy house? if heaven, and the heavens of heavens cannot contain him: who am I that I should be able to build him a house? but to this end only, that incense may be burnt before him.
7 Send me therefore a skillful man, that knoweth how to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, and in iron, in purple, in scarlet and in blue, and that hath skill in engraving, with the artificers, which I have with me in Judea and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.
8 Send me also cedars, and fir trees, and pine trees from Libanus: for I know that thy servants are skillful in cutting timber in Libanus, and my servants shall be with thy servants,
9 To provide me timber in abundance. For the house which I desire to build, is to be exceeding great, and glorious.
10 And I will give thy servants the workmen that are to cut down the trees, for their food twenty thousand cores of wheat, and as many cores of barley, and twenty thousand measures of wine, and twenty thousand measures of oil.
11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent a letter to Solomon, saying: Because the Lord hath loved his people, therefore he hath made thee king over them.
12 And he added, saying: Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who hath given to king David a wise and knowing son, endued with understanding and prudence, to build a house to the Lord, and a palace for himself.
13 I therefore have sent thee my father Hiram, a wise and most skillful man,
14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, whose father was a Tyrian, who knoweth how to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, and in iron, and in marble, and in timber, in purple also, and violet, and silk and scarlet: and who knoweth to grave all sort of graving, and to devise ingeniously all that there may be need of in the work with thy artificers, and with the artificers of my lord David thy father.
15 The wheat therefore, and the barley and the oil, and the wine, which thou, my lord, hast promised, send to thy servants.
16 And we will cut down as many trees out of Libanus, as thou shalt want, and will convey them in floats by sea to Joppe: and it will be thy part to bring them thence to Jerusalem.
17 And Solomon numbered all the proselytes in the land of Israel, after the numbering which David his father had made, and they were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand and six hundred.
18 And he set seventy thousand of them to carry burdens on their shoulders, and eighty thousand to hew stones in the mountains: and three thousand and six hundred to be overseers of the work of the people.
2 Chronicles 2
New International Version
Preparations for Building the Temple(A)
2 [a]Solomon gave orders to build a temple(B) for the Name of the Lord and a royal palace for himself.(C) 2 He conscripted 70,000 men as carriers and 80,000 as stonecutters in the hills and 3,600 as foremen over them.(D)
3 Solomon sent this message to Hiram[b](E) king of Tyre:
“Send me cedar logs(F) as you did for my father David when you sent him cedar to build a palace to live in. 4 Now I am about to build a temple(G) for the Name of the Lord my God and to dedicate it to him for burning fragrant incense(H) before him, for setting out the consecrated bread(I) regularly, and for making burnt offerings(J) every morning and evening and on the Sabbaths,(K) at the New Moons(L) and at the appointed festivals of the Lord our God. This is a lasting ordinance for Israel.
5 “The temple I am going to build will be great,(M) because our God is greater than all other gods.(N) 6 But who is able to build a temple for him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain him?(O) Who then am I(P) to build a temple for him, except as a place to burn sacrifices before him?
7 “Send me, therefore, a man skilled to work in gold and silver, bronze and iron, and in purple, crimson and blue yarn, and experienced in the art of engraving, to work in Judah and Jerusalem with my skilled workers,(Q) whom my father David provided.
8 “Send me also cedar, juniper and algum[c] logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants are skilled in cutting timber there. My servants will work with yours 9 to provide me with plenty of lumber, because the temple I build must be large and magnificent. 10 I will give your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, twenty thousand cors[d] of ground wheat, twenty thousand cors[e] of barley, twenty thousand baths[f] of wine and twenty thousand baths of olive oil.(R)”
11 Hiram king of Tyre replied by letter to Solomon:
“Because the Lord loves(S) his people, he has made you their king.”
12 And Hiram added:
“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth!(T) He has given King David a wise son, endowed with intelligence and discernment, who will build a temple for the Lord and a palace for himself.
13 “I am sending you Huram-Abi,(U) a man of great skill, 14 whose mother was from Dan(V) and whose father was from Tyre. He is trained(W) to work in gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, and with purple and blue(X) and crimson yarn and fine linen. He is experienced in all kinds of engraving and can execute any design given to him. He will work with your skilled workers and with those of my lord, David your father.
15 “Now let my lord send his servants the wheat and barley and the olive oil(Y) and wine he promised, 16 and we will cut all the logs from Lebanon that you need and will float them as rafts by sea down to Joppa.(Z) You can then take them up to Jerusalem.”
17 Solomon took a census of all the foreigners(AA) residing in Israel, after the census(AB) his father David had taken; and they were found to be 153,600. 18 He assigned(AC) 70,000 of them to be carriers and 80,000 to be stonecutters in the hills, with 3,600 foremen over them to keep the people working.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 2:1 In Hebrew texts 2:1 is numbered 1:18, and 2:2-18 is numbered 2:1-17.
- 2 Chronicles 2:3 Hebrew Huram, a variant of Hiram; also in verses 11 and 12
- 2 Chronicles 2:8 Probably a variant of almug
- 2 Chronicles 2:10 That is, probably about 3,600 tons or about 3,200 metric tons of wheat
- 2 Chronicles 2:10 That is, probably about 3,000 tons or about 2,700 metric tons of barley
- 2 Chronicles 2:10 That is, about 120,000 gallons or about 440,000 liters
2 Chronicles 2
King James Version
2 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 Cronica 2
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ang Paghahanda sa Pagpapatayo ng Templo(A)
2 Nag-utos si Solomon na magpatayo ng templo, para sa karangalan ng pangalan ng Panginoon, at ng palasyo para sa kanyang sarili. 2 Nagpatawag siya ng 70,000 tagahakot, 80,000 tagatabas ng mga bato sa mababang bahagi ng bundok, at 3,600 kapatas.
3 Nagpadala si Solomon ng ganitong mensahe kay Haring Hiram[a] ng Tyre: “Padalhan mo ako ng mga kahoy na sedro gaya ng ipinadala mo sa aking amang si David nang nagpatayo siya ng palasyo niya. 4 Magpapatayo ako ng templo para sa karangalan ng pangalan ng Panginoon na aking Dios. Magiging banal ang lugar na ito na pinagsusunugan ng mabangong insenso, hinahandugan ng banal na tinapay, pinag-aalayan ng mga handog na sinusunog tuwing umaga at gabi at sa Araw ng Pamamahinga, sa Pista ng Pagsisimula ng Buwan[b] at sa iba pang mga pista sa pagpaparangal sa Panginoon na aming Dios. Ang tuntuning itoʼy dapat tuparin ng mga Israelita magpakailanman.
5 “Napakalaki ng templo na itatayo ko, dahil makapangyarihan ang aming Dios kaysa sa ibang mga dios. 6 Ngunit sino nga ba ang makakagawang magpatayo ng templo para sa kanya? Sapagkat kahit ang pinakamataas na kalangitan, hindi magkakasya para sa kanya. Kaya sino ba ako na magpapatayo ng templo para sa kanya? Ang maitatayo ko lang ay ang lugar na pinagsusunugan ng mga handog sa kanyang presensya. 7 Kaya ngayon, padalhan mo ako ng taong mahusay gumawa sa mga ginto, pilak, tansoʼt bakal, at mahusay gumawa ng telang kulay ube, pula at asul, at mahuhusay na mang-uukit. Gagawa siya kasama ng aking mahuhusay na manggagawang taga-Juda at taga-Jerusalem, na pinili ng aking amang si David. 8 Padalhan mo rin ako ng mga kahoy na sedro, sipres at algum mula sa Lebanon, dahil alam kong mahusay ang mga tauhan mo sa pagputol ng kahoy. Tutulong ang mga tauhan ko sa mga tauhan mo 9 sa paghahanda ng maraming kahoy, dahil malaki at maganda ang templo na itatayo ko. 10 Babayaran ko ang iyong mga tagaputol ng kahoy ng 100,000 sako ng trigo, 100,000 sako ng sebada, 110,000 galon ng katas ng ubas at 110,000 galon ng langis ng olibo.”
11 Ito ang sulat na isinagot ni Haring Hiram ng Tyre kay Solomon:
“Dahil iniibig ng Panginoon ang kanyang mga bayan, ginawa ka niyang hari nila. 12 Purihin ang Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel na gumawa ng langit at lupa! Binigyan niya si haring David ng matalinong anak na puno ng kaalaman at pang-unawa, na magtatayo ng templo para sa Panginoon at nang palasyo para sa kanyang sarili.
13 “Ipapadala ko sa iyo si Huram Abi na isang mahuhusay na manggagawa. 14 Ang kanyang ina ay mula sa Dan at ang kanyang amaʼy mula sa Tyre. Dalubhasa siya sa paggawa sa ginto, pilak, tanso, bakal, bato at kahoy, at sa paggawa ng telang kulay ube,[c] pula at asul, at pinong telang linen. Dalubhasa siya sa kahit anong uri ng pag-ukit, at makakagawa siya ng anumang uri ng disenyo na ipapagawa mo sa kanya. Gagawa siya kasama ng iyong manggagawa at ng mga manggagawa na pinili ng kagalang-galang[d] na si David, na iyong ama.
15 “Ngayon, kagalang-galang na Solomon, ipadala mo sa amin ang trigo, sebada, alak at langis ng olibo na iyong ipinangako, 16 at puputulin namin ang maraming kahoy na kailangan mo. Pagkatapos, idudugtong namin na parang balsa at palulutangin sa dagat papunta sa Jopa. At kayo na ang magdadala nito sa Jerusalem.”
17 Sinensus ni Solomon ang lahat ng dayuhan gaya ng ginawa ni David na kanyang ama, at ang bilang ay 153,600. 18 Ginawa niya ang 70,000 sa kanila na tagahakot, 80,000 tagatabas ng bato sa mababang bahagi ng bundok, at ang 3,600 kapatas na mamamahala sa mga manggagawa.
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