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2 Chronicles 2:1-3
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
2 Chronicles 2:1-3
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Preparations for Building the Temple
2 [a] Solomon decided to build a temple for the name of the Lord, and a royal palace for himself. 2 [b] Solomon conscripted seventy thousand labourers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hill country, with three thousand six hundred to oversee them.
Alliance with Huram of Tyre
3 Solomon sent word to King Huram of Tyre: ‘Once you dealt with my father David and sent him cedar to build himself a house to live in.
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- 2 Chronicles 2:1 Ch 1.18 in Heb
- 2 Chronicles 2:2 Ch 2.1 in Heb
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)
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