2 Chronicles 2:1-3 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

1. And Solomon planned to build a house for the name of Yahweh and a royal palace for himself.

2. And Solomon assigned seventy thousand men to bear burdens and eighty thousand quarriers in the hill country, and three thousand six hundred men to supervise them.

3. And Solomon sent word to Huram king of Tyre, saying, “As you have dealt with David my father and sent cedar to him to build for himself a house in which to live, please deal with me.

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