2 Chronicles 2

1 and to say Solomon to/for to build house: home to/for name LORD and house: home to/for royalty his

Solomon ordered the building of a Temple to honor the Lord and a royal palace for himself.

2 and to recount Solomon seventy thousand man burden and eighty thousand man to hew in/on/with mountain: hill country and to conduct upon them three thousand and six hundred

He allocated 70,000 men as laborers, 80,000 as stone cutters in the mountains, and 3,600 as foremen.

3 and to send: depart Solomon to(wards) Hiram king Tyre to/for to say like/as as which to make: do with David father my and to send: depart to/for him cedar to/for to build to/for him house: home to/for to dwell in/on/with him

Solomon sent a message to Hiram, king of Tyre, telling him,

4 behold I to build house: home to/for name LORD God my to/for to consecrate: dedicate to/for him to/for to offer: burn to/for face: before his incense spice and row continually and burnt offering to/for morning and to/for evening to/for Sabbath and to/for month: new moon and to/for meeting: festival LORD God our to/for forever: enduring this upon Israel

“Please do as you did with my father David when you sent him cedar timber for him to build a palace to live in. I'm about to start building a Temple to honor the Lord my God, dedicated to him, where he will be offered sweet-smelling incense, where the showbread will be always set out in rows, and where burnt offerings will be made every morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, at new moon festivals, and at the feasts of the Lord our God—this to be done forever in Israel.

5 and [the] house: home which I to build great: large for great: large God our from all [the] God

This Temple I am about to build must be impressive, because our God is greater than all gods.

6 and who? to restrain strength to/for to build to/for him house: home for [the] heaven and heaven [the] heaven not to sustain him and who? I which to build to/for him house: home that if: except if: except to/for to offer: offer to/for face: before his

But who can build a Temple for him to live in, for the heavens, even highest heaven, cannot contain him, and who am I that I should dare to build him a house, except to burn incense to him?

7 and now to send: depart to/for me man wise to/for to make: do in/on/with gold and in/on/with silver: money and in/on/with bronze and in/on/with iron and in/on/with purple and crimson and blue and to know to/for to engrave engraving with [the] wise which with me in/on/with Judah and in/on/with Jerusalem which to establish: prepare David father my

So please send me a master craftsman who is skilled in working with gold, silver, bronze, and iron; and in purple, scarlet, and blue fabrics. He must also know how to engrave, working together with my expert craftsmen from Judea and Jerusalem provided by my father David.

8 and to send: depart to/for me tree: wood cedar cypress and algum from [the] Lebanon for I to know which servant/slave your to know to/for to cut: cut tree: wood Lebanon and behold servant/slave my with servant/slave your

Also send me cedar, cypress, and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your workers are skillful in cutting down the trees of Lebanon. I will send men to help your workers

9 and to/for to establish: prepare to/for me tree: wood to/for abundance for [the] house: home which I to build great: large and to wonder

to produce a large quantity of timber because the Temple I'm building will be really large and very impressive.

10 and behold to/for to chop to/for to cut: cut [the] tree: wood to give: give wheat wound to/for servant/slave your kor twenty thousand and barley kor twenty thousand and wine bath twenty thousand and oil bath twenty thousand

I will pay your workers, the wood-cutters, 20,000 cors of crushed wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 20,000 baths of wine, and 20,000 baths of olive oil.”

11 and to say Hiram king Tyre in/on/with writing and to send: depart to(wards) Solomon in/on/with love LORD [obj] people his to give: make you upon them king

King Hiram of Tyre responded to Solomon by letter: “It's because the Lord loves his people that he has made you their king.”

12 and to say Hiram to bless LORD God Israel which to make [obj] [the] heaven and [obj] [the] land: country/planet which to give: give to/for David [the] king son: child wise to know understanding and understanding which to build house: temple to/for LORD and house: home to/for royalty his

Hiram went on, “Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son with insight and understanding who is going to build a Temple for the Lord and a royal palace for himself.

13 and now to send: depart man wise to know understanding to/for Huram (Huram)-abi

I'm sending you Hiram-Abi, a master craftsman who knows and understands what he's doing.

14 son: child woman from daughter Dan and father his man Tyrian to know to/for to make: do in/on/with gold and in/on/with silver: money in/on/with bronze in/on/with iron in/on/with stone and in/on/with tree: wood in/on/with purple in/on/with blue and in/on/with fine linen and in/on/with crimson and to/for to engrave all engraving and to/for to devise: design all plot which to give: give to/for him with wise your and wise lord my David father your

His mother is from the tribe of Dan and his father is from Tyre. He's an expert in working with gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple, blue, and crimson fabric, and fine linen. He can do all kinds of engraving and can make any design he's given. He'll work with your craftsmen and with the craftsmen of my lord, your father David.

15 and now [the] wheat and [the] barley [the] oil and [the] wine which to say lord my to send: depart to/for servant/slave his

Now my lord, please send to us his servants the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine he spoke about.

16 and we to cut: cut tree: wood from [the] Lebanon like/as all need your and to come (in): bring them to/for you raft upon sea Joppa and you(m. s.) to ascend: establish [obj] them Jerusalem

We will cut all timber you need from Lebanon and take it to you by sea in rafts to Joppa. From there you can transport it to Jerusalem.”

17 and to recount Solomon all [the] human [the] sojourner which in/on/with land: country/planet Israel after [the] numbering which to recount them David father his and to find hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred

Solomon had a census taken of all the foreigners in the land of Israel, like the census his father David had conducted, and found there were 153,600.

18 and to make from them seventy thousand burden and eighty thousand to hew in/on/with mountain: hill country and three thousand and six hundred to conduct to/for to serve [obj] [the] people

He allocated 70,000 as laborers, 80,000 as stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 as foremen.