2 Crónicas 2
Dios Habla Hoy
Pacto de Salomón con Hiram, rey de Tiro(A)
2 (1.18) Salomón decidió construir un templo al Señor y también su propio palacio real. 2 (1) Para ello designó setenta mil cargadores y ochenta mil canteros que trabajaran en la montaña, y tres mil seiscientos capataces que los dirigieran.
3 (2) Después Salomón mandó decir a Hiram, rey de Tiro: «Haz conmigo lo que hiciste con David, mi padre, a quien enviaste madera de cedro para que se construyera un palacio donde vivir. 4 (3) Mira, yo voy a construir un templo al Señor mi Dios, para consagrárselo, quemar perfumes en su honor, presentarle siempre las hileras de panes y ofrecerle holocaustos por la mañana y por la tarde, lo mismo que en los sábados, y en las fiestas de luna nueva y en las demás fiestas que en honor del Señor nuestro Dios se celebran siempre en Israel. 5 (4) Pero el templo que voy a construir debe ser grande, porque nuestro Dios es más grande que todos los dioses. 6 (5) Sin embargo, ¿quién será capaz de construirle un templo, si el cielo, con toda su inmensidad, no puede contenerlo? ¿Y quién soy yo para construirle un templo, aunque sólo sea para quemar incienso en su honor? 7 (6) Envíame, por tanto, un experto en trabajos en oro, plata, bronce y hierro, y en tela púrpura, tela roja y tela morada. Que sepa también hacer grabados en colaboración con los maestros que están a mi servicio en Judá y en Jerusalén, y que contrató David mi padre. 8 (7) Mándame también del Líbano madera de cedro, ciprés y sándalo, porque sé que tus súbditos saben cortar madera del Líbano. Mis servidores ayudarán a los tuyos 9 (8) a prepararme gran cantidad de madera, ya que el templo que voy a construir tiene que ser grande y maravilloso. 10 (9) Pero ten en cuenta que daré como provisiones para tus trabajadores, los leñadores que corten la madera, cuatro millones cuatrocientos mil litros de trigo, igual cantidad de cebada, cuatrocientos cuarenta mil litros de vino y otros tantos de aceite.»
11 (10) Entonces Hiram, rey de Tiro, le envió a Salomón una carta en la que le decía: «El Señor te ha hecho rey de los israelitas, porque ama a su pueblo.» 12 (11) Y añadía: «¡Bendito sea el Señor, el Dios de Israel, que hizo el cielo y la tierra, porque ha concedido al rey David un hijo tan sabio, instruido y prudente, que va a construir un templo al Señor y un palacio real para sí mismo! 13 (12) Te envío, pues, un hombre experto e inteligente: al maestro Hiram. 14 (13) Es hijo de una mujer de la tribu de Dan y de un nativo de Tiro. Es experto en trabajos en oro, plata, bronce, hierro, piedra, madera, tela púrpura y morada, lino y tela roja, y en grabados de toda clase de figuras, y sabe realizar toda clase de diseños que se le encarguen en compañía de tus peritos y de los que tenía tu padre David, mi señor. 15 (14) Por eso, señor, manda a tus servidores el trigo, la cebada, el aceite y el vino que has ofrecido. 16 (15) Entre tanto, nosotros cortaremos en el Líbano toda la madera que necesites, y te la llevaremos por mar, en balsas, hasta Jope. Luego tú te encargarás de que la lleven de allí a Jerusalén.»
17 (16) Después Salomón hizo el censo de todos los extranjeros que vivían en Israel, después del que David, su padre, había hecho, y resultó que había ciento cincuenta y tres mil seiscientos. 18 (17) De ellos reclutó setenta mil cargadores, ochenta mil canteros en la montaña y tres mil seiscientos capataces que hicieran trabajar a la gente.
2 Chronicles 2
Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh’s House Will Be Great
2 [a](A)Then Solomon [b]decided to build a house for the name of Yahweh and a [c]royal palace for himself. 2 [d]So (B)Solomon numbered 70,000 men to carry loads and 80,000 men to hew stone in the mountains and 3,600 to direct them.
3 (C)Then Solomon sent word to [e]Huram the king of Tyre, saying, “(D)As you dealt with David my father and sent him cedars to build him a house to live in, so do for me. 4 Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, setting it apart to Him as holy, (E)to burn fragrant incense before Him and to set out (F)the showbread continually, and to offer (G)burnt offerings morning and evening, (H)on sabbaths and on new moons and on the appointed feasts of Yahweh our God, this being required forever in Israel. 5 Now the house which I am about to build will be great, for (I)greater is our God than all the gods. 6 But (J)who is able to build a house for Him, for the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain Him? So who am I, that I should build a house for Him, except to [f]burn incense before Him? 7 So now, (K)send me a wise man to work in gold, silver, brass, and iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue fabrics, and who knows how to make engravings, to work with the wise men [g](L)whom I have in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father prepared. 8 (M)Send me also cedar, cypress and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber of Lebanon; and behold, (N)my servants will work with your servants, 9 to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful. 10 And behold, (O)I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, [h]20,000 kors of crushed wheat and 20,000 kors of barley, and [i]20,000 baths of wine and 20,000 baths of oil.”
Covenant with Huram King of Tyre
11 Then Huram king of Tyre said in a letter [j]sent to Solomon: “(P)Because Yahweh loves His people, He has given you to be king over them.” 12 Then Huram said, “Blessed be (Q)Yahweh, the God of Israel, who has made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, knowledgeable in insight and understanding, (R)who will build a house for Yahweh and a [k]royal palace for himself.
13 “So now, I am sending Huram-abi, a wise man, who is knowledgeable in understanding, 14 (S)the son of a [l]Danite woman and [m]a Tyrian father, who knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, and in purple, blue, linen, and crimson fabrics, and who knows how to make all kinds of engravings and to devise any design which may be given to him, to work with your wise men and with the wise men of my lord David your father. 15 So now, let my lord send to his servants wheat and barley, oil and wine, of (T)which he has spoken. 16 (U)And we will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon and bring it to you on rafts by sea to Joppa, so that you may carry it up to Jerusalem.”
17 Then Solomon numbered all the sojourners who were in the land of Israel, (V)following the [n]census which his father David had [o]taken; and 153,600 were found. 18 (W)And he made 70,000 of them to carry loads and 80,000 as hewers of stone in the mountains and 3,600 directors to make the people work.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 2:1 Ch 1:18 in Heb
- 2 Chronicles 2:1 Lit said
- 2 Chronicles 2:1 Lit house for his royalty
- 2 Chronicles 2:2 Ch 2:1 in Heb
- 2 Chronicles 2:3 In 1 Kin 5:18, Hiram
- 2 Chronicles 2:6 Lit offer up in smoke
- 2 Chronicles 2:7 Lit who are with me
- 2 Chronicles 2:10 Approx. 130,000 bu. or 4,600 metric tons, a kor was approx. 6.5 bu. or 230 l
- 2 Chronicles 2:10 Approx. 120,000 gal. or 454,249 l, a bath was approx. 6 gal. or 23 l
- 2 Chronicles 2:11 Lit and sent
- 2 Chronicles 2:12 Lit house for his royalty
- 2 Chronicles 2:14 Lit a woman of the daughters of Dan
- 2 Chronicles 2:14 Lit whose father is a Tyrian man
- 2 Chronicles 2:17 Lit numbering
- 2 Chronicles 2:17 Lit numbered of them
2 Chronicles 2
Living Bible
2 Solomon now decided that the time had come to build a temple for the Lord and a palace for himself. 2 This required a force of 70,000 laborers, 80,000 stonecutters in the hills, and 3,600 foremen. 3 Solomon sent an ambassador to King Hiram at Tyre, requesting shipments of cedar lumber such as Hiram had supplied to David when he was building his palace.
4 “I am about to build a temple for the Lord my God,” Solomon told Hiram. “It will be a place where I can burn incense and sweet spices before God, and display the special sacrificial bread, and sacrifice burnt offerings each morning and evening, and on the Sabbaths, and at the new moon celebration and other regular festivals of the Lord our God. For God wants Israel always to celebrate these special occasions. 5 It is going to be a wonderful temple because he is a great God, greater than any other. 6 But who can ever build him a worthy home? Not even the highest heaven would be beautiful enough! And who am I to be allowed to build a temple for God? But it will be a place to worship him.[a]
7 “So send me skilled craftsmen—goldsmiths and silversmiths, brass and iron workers; and send me weavers to make purple, crimson, and blue cloth; and skilled engravers to work beside the craftsmen of Judah and Jerusalem who were selected by my father David. 8 Also send me cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees from the forests of Lebanon, for your men are without equal as lumbermen, and I will send my men to help them. 9 An immense amount of lumber will be needed, for the temple I am going to build will be large and incredibly beautiful. 10 As to the financial arrangements, I will pay your men 20,000 sacks of crushed wheat, 20,000 barrels of barley, 20,000 barrels of wine, and 20,000 barrels of olive oil.”
11 King Hiram replied to King Solomon: “It is because the Lord loves his people that he has made you their king! 12 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel who made the heavens and the earth and who has given to David such a wise, intelligent, and understanding son to build God’s Temple and a royal palace for himself.
13 “I am sending you a master craftsman—my famous Huramabi! He is a brilliant man, 14 the son of a Jewish woman from Dan in Israel; his father is from here in Tyre. He is a skillful goldsmith and silversmith, and also does exquisite work with brass and iron and knows all about stonework, carpentry, and weaving; and he is an expert in the dyeing of purple and blue linen and crimson cloth. He is an engraver besides, and an inventor! He will work with your craftsmen and those appointed by my lord David, your father. 15 So send along the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine you mentioned, 16 and we will begin cutting wood from the Lebanon mountains, as much as you need, and bring it to you in log floats across the sea to Joppa, and from there you can take them inland to Jerusalem.”
17 Solomon now took a census of all foreigners in the country (just as his father David had done) and found that there were 153,600 of them. 18 He indentured 70,000 as common laborers, 80,000 as loggers, and 3,600 as foremen.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 2:6 a place to worship him, literally, “a place to burn incense before him.”
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