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2 Chronicles 2:1-3
English Standard Version
2 Chronicles 2:1-3
English Standard Version
Preparing to Build the Temple
2 [a] (A)Now Solomon purposed to build a temple for the name of the Lord, and a royal palace for himself. 2 [b] (B)And Solomon assigned 70,000 men to bear burdens and 80,000 to quarry in the hill country, and (C)3,600 to oversee them. 3 (D)And Solomon sent word to Hiram the king of Tyre: (E)“As you dealt with David my father and sent him cedar to build himself a house to dwell in, so deal with me.
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- 2 Chronicles 2:1 Ch 1:18 in Hebrew
- 2 Chronicles 2:2 Ch 2:1 in Hebrew
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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