2 Chronicles 2:3-5

Expanded Bible

³ Solomon sent this message to ·Hiram [or Huram; ^Cvariants of the same name; 1 Chr. 14:1 calls him Hiram; the Hebrew text here reads Huram] king of the city of Tyre: “·Help me as you helped [Do as you did for] my father David by sending him cedar logs so he could build himself a ·palace [^Lhouse] to live in. ⁴ I ·will [am about to] build a ·temple [^Lhouse] for ·worshiping [^Lthe name of] the Lord my God, and I will ·give [dedicate] this ·temple [^Lhouse] to him. There we will ·burn sweet-smelling spices [offer fragrant incense] ·in his presence [before him]. We will continually set out the ·holy bread [^Tshowbread] in God’s presence. And we will burn sacrifices every morning and evening, on Sabbath days and New Moons, and on the other feast days ·commanded [appointed; prescribed] by the Lord our God. This ·is a rule for Israel to obey forever [^Lpermanently in/upon Israel].

⁵ “The ·temple [^Lhouse] I ·build [am about to build] will be great, because our God is greater than all gods.