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2 Chronicles 2
New Catholic Bible
2 Chronicles 2
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Chapter 2
Final Preparations for the Temple. 1 Solomon then resolved to build a house to honor the Lord as well as a palace for himself. 2 Therefore, he conscripted seventy thousand men to carry the stone and eighty thousand men to serve as stonecutters, as well as three thousand six hundred men to oversee them.
3 Then Solomon sent this message to King Huram of Tyre: “Some time ago you dealt with my father David, sending him cedars to build a palace in which he would dwell. 4 Now I am preparing to build a house in honor of the Lord, my God, and to consecrate it to him so that fragrant incense can be burned before him, along with the perpetual display of the loaves of permanent offering, for burnt offerings morning and evening, and for the Sabbaths, the new moons, and the festivals of the Lord, our God, as is ordained forever for Israel.
5 “The house that I intend to build must be large, since our God is greater than all other gods. 6 But who is really able to build a house for him when the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain him? And who am I to build a house for him, except as a place to make offerings before him?
7 “Therefore, now send me an artisan who is highly skilled at working in gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue fabrics, and who is expert in the art of engraving. I want him to work with the skilled craftsmen in Judah and Jerusalem who were provided by my father David. 8 Also send me cedar, cypress, and juniper timber from Lebanon, for I am well aware that your servants are skilled in felling the trees of Lebanon.
“My servants will work with your servants 9 in order to prepare for me a vast quantity of timber, for the house that I intend to build will be great in size and a marvel to behold. 10 Furthermore, I will provide for your servants the woodcutters who fell the trees, twenty thousand kors of wheat, and twenty thousand kors of barley, along with twenty thousand measures of wine and twenty thousand measures of oil.”[a]
11 In a letter that he sent to King Solomon in response, King Huram of Tyre replied: “Because of the love that the Lord has for his people, he has appointed you as their king.” 12 Then Huram went on to say: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth. He has given King David a wise son blessed with intelligence and discernment who will build a house for the Lord and a royal palace for himself.
13 “I have now sent you Huram-abi,[b] a skilled artisan and a man of intelligence. 14 He is the son of a Danite woman and of a father from Tyre. He is skilled in the art of working in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, and in purple, crimson, and blue fabrics and fine linen. He also is competent to do all sorts of engraving and to execute any design that may be assigned to him, in collaboration with your own skilled craftsmen and those of my lord David, your father.
15 “And now, let my lord send to his servants the wheat, barley, oil, and wine which he has promised. 16 We shall cut down all the timber you need from Lebanon and float it all down to you as rafts by sea to Joppa. Then it will be your responsibility to transport it to Jerusalem.”
17 Shortly thereafter Solomon took a census of all the aliens who were residing in the land of Israel, similar to the census that his father David had taken. There were found to be one hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred aliens. 18 Solomon designated seventy thousand of them to be porters, eighty thousand to be stonecutters in the hill country, and three thousand six hundred as overseers to ensure that the people were doing the work assigned to them.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 2:10 King Solomon had lofty ideas for building a temple worthy of the Lord and these amounts of wheat, barley, wine, and oil promised for the best materials are inflated accordingly. For a more realistic listing of what was offered for the wood, see the parallel passage in 1 Ki 5:11.
- 2 Chronicles 2:13 Huram-abi: “Huram” in 1 Ki 7:13; his mother is there said to be of the tribe of Naphtali.
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Pacto de Salomón con Jirán(A)
2 Salomón se dispuso a edificar un templo para honrar el nombre del Señor, y un palacio para su reino. 2 Para ello designó a setenta mil peones y ochenta mil taladores, y tres mil seiscientos capataces. 3 Luego mando el siguiente mensaje al rey Jirán de Tiro:
«Trátame como trataste a David, mi padre, cuando le enviaste cedros para que construyera su palacio. 4 Como verás, tengo que edificar un templo para honrar el nombre del Señor mi Dios. Estará consagrado al Señor, y delante de él se quemará incienso aromático y se colocarán continuamente los panes de la proposición, y se ofrecerán holocaustos a mañana y tarde en los días de reposo, en las nuevas lunas, y en las festividades en honor del Señor nuestro Dios. Esto debe hacerse siempre en Israel. 5 La casa que debo edificar tiene que ser grande, porque nuestro Dios es más grande que todos los dioses. 6 Pero ¿quién puede edificarle un templo(B) si los cielos, y los cielos de los cielos, no pueden contenerlo? ¿Y quién soy yo para edificarle un templo, a no ser para sólo quemar incienso delante de él? 7 Yo te ruego que me envíes un hombre hábil, que sepa trabajar en oro, plata, bronce, hierro, púrpura, grana y azul, y que en unión con los maestros que están conmigo en Judá y en Jerusalén, y que mi padre había ya dispuesto, sepa hacer grabados. 8 Envíame también del Líbano madera de cedro, de ciprés y de sándalo. Yo sé que tus siervos saben cortar madera en el Líbano, y mis siervos pueden ayudarlos 9 para que me preparen mucha madera, pues el templo que tengo que edificar debe ser grande y portentoso. 10 Toma en cuenta que a tus siervos que corten la madera les daré veinte mil coros de trigo en grano, veinte mil coros de cebada, veinte mil batos de vino, y veinte mil batos de aceite.»
11 El rey Jirán de Tiro respondió a Salomón por medio de la siguiente carta:
«El Señor ama a su pueblo, y por eso te ha puesto como su rey. 12 Tengo que decir: ¡Bendito sea el Señor y Dios de Israel, que hizo los cielos y la tierra, y que dio al rey David un hijo sabio y entendido, cuerdo y prudente, para que edifique un templo al Señor y un palacio para su reino.
13 »Yo te envío a Jirán Abí, que es un hombre hábil y entendido. 14 Es hijo de una danita, aunque su padre era de Tiro. Jirán Abí sabe trabajar en oro, plata, bronce y hierro, y en piedra y madera, en púrpura y en azul, en lino y en carmesí. También sabe esculpir toda clase de figuras y sacar cualquier diseño que se le pida. Sabrá trabajar con tus expertos y con los de mi señor David, tu padre. 15 Ruego a mi señor enviar a sus siervos el trigo, la cebada, el aceite y el vino, que nos ha prometido. 16 Nosotros cortaremos en el Líbano la madera que necesites, y en balsas te la llevaremos por el mar hasta Jope, y de allí tú la llevarás hasta Jerusalén.»
17 Salomón censó a todos los extranjeros que había en Israel, después del censo que había hecho David, su padre, y se encontró que eran ciento cincuenta y tres mil seiscientos hombres. 18 A setenta mil de ellos los apartó para llevar cargas; a ochenta mil los puso como canteros en la montaña, y a tres mil seiscientos los puso como capataces para hacer trabajar a la gente.
2 Chronicles 2
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2 Chronicles 2
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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
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