<vn='1'>And <sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="559">determined</s> to <sn="1129">build</s> a <sn="1004">house</s> for the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and a <sn="1004">house</s> for his <sn="4438">kingdom</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="8010">Solomon</s> told <sn="5608">out</s> threescore and <sn="7657">ten</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s> to bear <sn="5449">burdens</s>, and <sn="8084">fourscore</s><sn="505 *376">thousand</s> to <sn="2672">hew</s> in the <sn="2022">mountain</s>, and <sn="7969">three</s><sn="505">thousand</s> and <sn="8337">six</s><sn="3967">hundred</s> to <sn="5329 5921">oversee</s> them. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="2361">Huram</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="6865">Tyre</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="834">As</s> thou didst <sn="6213">deal</s><sn="5973">with</s><sn="1732">David</s> my <sn="1">father</s>, and didst <sn="7971">send</s> him <sn="730">cedars</s> to <sn="1129">build</s> him a <sn="1004">house</s> to <sn="3427">dwell</s> therein, even so deal with me. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="589">I</s><sn="1129">build</s> a <sn="1004">house</s> to the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> my <sn="430">God</s>, to <sn="6942">dedicate</s> it to him, and to <sn="6999">burn</s><sn="6440">before</s> him <sn="5561">sweet</s><sn="7004">incense</s>, and for the <sn="8548">continual</s><sn="4635">shewbread</s>, and for the burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s><sn="1242">morning</s> and <sn="6153">evening</s>, on the <sn="7676">sabbaths</s>, and on the new <sn="2320">moons</s>, and on the solemn <sn="4150">feasts</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> our <sn="430">God</s>. <sn="2063">This</s> is an ordinance <sn="5769">forever</s><sn="5921">to</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And the <sn="1004">house</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="589">I</s><sn="1129">build</s> is <sn="1419">great</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1419">great</s> is our <sn="430">God</s> above <sn="4480 3605">all</s><sn="430">gods</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>But <sn="4310">who</s> is <sn="6113 3581">able</s> to <sn="1129">build</s> him a <sn="1004">house</s>, <sn="3588">seeing</s> the <sn="8064">heaven</s> and <sn="8064">heaven</s> of <sn="8064">heavens</s><sn="3808">cannot</s><sn="3557">contain</s> him? <sn="4310">who</s> am <sn="589">I</s> then, <sn="834">that</s> I should <sn="1129">build</s> him a <sn="1004">house</s>, save <sn="3588 518">only</s> to burn <sn="6999">sacrifice</s><sn="6440">before</s> him? </v>
<vn='7'><sn="7971">Send</s> me <sn="6258">now</s> therefore a <sn="376">man</s><sn="2450">cunning</s> to <sn="6213">work</s> in <sn="2091">gold</s>, and in <sn="3701">silver</s>, and in <sn="5178">brass</s>, and in <sn="1270">iron</s>, and in <sn="710">purple</s>, and <sn="3758">crimson</s>, and <sn="8504">blue</s>, and that can <sn="3045">skill</s> to <sn="6605 6603">grave</s><sn="5973">with</s> the cunning <sn="2450">men</s><sn="834">that</s> are <sn="5973">with</s> me in <sn="3063">Judah</s> and in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="834">whom</s><sn="1732">David</s> my <sn="1">father</s> did <sn="3559">provide</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="7971">Send</s> me also <sn="730">cedar</s><sn="6086">trees</s>, fir <sn="1265">trees</s>, and algum <sn="418">trees</s>, out of <sn="4480 3844">Lebanon</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="589">I</s><sn="3045">know</s><sn="834">that</s> thy <sn="5650">servants</s> can <sn="3045">skill</s> to <sn="3772">cut</s><sn="6086">timber</s> in <sn="3844">Lebanon</s>; and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, my <sn="5650">servants</s> shall be <sn="5973">with</s> thy <sn="5650">servants</s>, </v>
<vn='9'>Even to <sn="3559">prepare</s> me <sn="6086">timber</s> in <sn="7230">abundance</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="1004">house</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="589">I</s> am about to <sn="1129">build</s> shall be <sn="6381">wonderful</s><sn="1419">great</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And, <sn="2009">behold</s>, I will <sn="5414">give</s> to thy <sn="5650">servants</s>, the <sn="2404">hewers</s> that <sn="3772">cut</s><sn="6086">timber</s>, <sn="6242">twenty</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="3734">measures</s> of <sn="4347">beaten</s><sn="2406">wheat</s>, and <sn="6242">twenty</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="3734">measures</s> of <sn="8184">barley</s>, and <sn="6242">twenty</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="1324">baths</s> of <sn="3196">wine</s>, and <sn="6242">twenty</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="1324">baths</s> of <sn="8081">oil</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Then <sn="2361">Huram</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="6865">Tyre</s><sn="559">answered</s> in <sn="3791">writing</s>, which he <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s>, Because the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="160">loved</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="5971">people</s>, he hath <sn="5414">made</s> thee <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5921">over</s> them. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="2361">Huram</s><sn="559">said</s> moreover, <sn="1288">Blessed</s> be the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="834">that</s><sn="6213">made</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="8064">heaven</s> and <sn="776">earth</s>, <sn="834">who</s> hath <sn="5414">given</s> to <sn="1732">David</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> a <sn="2450">wise</s><sn="1121">son</s>, <sn="3045">endued</s> with <sn="7922">prudence</s> and <sn="998">understanding</s>, <sn="834">that</s> might <sn="1129">build</s> a <sn="1004">house</s> for the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and a <sn="1004">house</s> for his <sn="4438">kingdom</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="6258">now</s> I have <sn="7971">sent</s> a <sn="2450">cunning</s><sn="376">man</s>, <sn="3045">endued</s> with <sn="998">understanding</s>, of <sn="2361">Huram</s> my <sn="1">father</s> 's, </v>
<vn='14'>The <sn="1121">son</s> of a <sn="802">woman</s><sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="1323">daughters</s> of <sn="1835">Dan</s>, and his <sn="1">father</s> was a <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="6876">Tyre</s>, <sn="3045">skillful</s> to <sn="6213">work</s> in <sn="2091">gold</s>, and in <sn="3701">silver</s>, in <sn="5178">brass</s>, in <sn="1270">iron</s>, in <sn="68">stone</s>, and in <sn="6086">timber</s>, in <sn="713">purple</s>, in <sn="8504">blue</s>, and in fine <sn="948">linen</s>, and in <sn="3758">crimson</s>; also to <sn="6605">grave</s> any <sn="3605">manner</s> of <sn="6603">graving</s>, and to find <sn="2803">out</s><sn="3605">every</s><sn="4284">device</s><sn="834">which</s> shall be <sn="5414">put</s> to him, <sn="5973">with</s> thy cunning <sn="2450">men</s>, and with the cunning <sn="2450">men</s> of my <sn="113">lord</s><sn="1732">David</s> thy <sn="1">father</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore the <sn="2406">wheat</s>, and the <sn="8184">barley</s>, the <sn="8081">oil</s>, and the <sn="3196">wine</s>, <sn="834">which</s> my <sn="113">lord</s> hath <sn="559">spoken</s> of, let him <sn="7971">send</s> unto his <sn="5650">servants</s>: </v>
<vn='16'>And <sn="587">we</s> will <sn="3772">cut</s><sn="6086">wood</s> out <sn="4480">of</s><sn="3844">Lebanon</s>, as much as <sn="3605">thou</s> shalt <sn="6878">need</s>: and we will <sn="935">bring</s> it to thee in <sn="7513">floats</s><sn="5921">by</s><sn="3220">sea</s> to <sn="3305">Joppa</s>; and <sn="859">thou</s> shalt carry it <sn="5927 *853">up</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And <sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="5608">numbered</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="376 1616">strangers</s><sn="834">that</s> were in the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="310">after</s> the <sn="5610">numbering</s><sn="834">wherewith</s><sn="1732">David</s> his <sn="1">father</s> had <sn="5608">numbered</s> them; and they were <sn="4672">found</s> a <sn="3967">hundred</s> and <sn="2572">fifty</s><sn="505">thousand</s> and <sn="7969">three</s><sn="505">thousand</s> and <sn="8337">six</s><sn="3967">hundred</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And he <sn="6213">set</s> threescore and <sn="7657">ten</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="4480">of</s> them to be bearers of <sn="5449">burdens</s>, and <sn="8084">fourscore</s><sn="505">thousand</s> to be <sn="2672">hewers</s> in the <sn="2022">mountain</s>, and <sn="7969">three</s><sn="505">thousand</s> and <sn="8337">six</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="5329">overseers</s> to <sn="5647">set</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s> a work. </v>