2 Chronicles 2:1-10

Common English Bible

When my father David was building his palace, you sent him cedar logs. ⁴ Now as his son^[d] I am about to build a temple in the name of the Lord my God. I will dedicate it to him to burn fragrant incense before him, to set out the bread that is regularly displayed, and to offer entirely burned offerings every morning and evening, on the sabbaths, the first of every month, and the festivals of the Lord our God, as Israel has been commanded to do forever. ⁵ The temple I am about to build must be magnificent, because our God is greater than all other gods. ⁶ But who is able to build such a temple when even the highest heaven can’t contain God? And who am I that I should build this temple for God, except as a place to burn incense in his presence? ⁷ So now send me a craftsman skilled in gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as in purple, crimson, and violet yarn—someone also experienced as an engraver. He will work with my craftsmen in Judah and Jerusalem who were provided by my father David. ⁸ Also send me cedar, cypress, and sandalwood logs from Lebanon. I know your servants know how to cut Lebanese timber, so my servants will work with your servants ⁹ to prepare plenty of timber for me, because the temple that I am about to build will be magnificent and amazing. ¹⁰ I will pay the woodcutters twenty thousand kors^[e] of crushed wheat, twenty thousand kors of barley, twenty thousand baths^[f] of wine, and twenty thousand baths of olive oil.