Second Book of Chronicles - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 974

The Psalms, Solomon and Sacred Writers

1-17 HISTORY OF HOUSE OF DAVID.-II. CHRON. 2-15 The drovcrs of thcKi¤g collected them

:7 in droves, at fairs, and collected and brought out from Mitzeraim a. Chariot for six hundred Silvers, and a. horse for one hundred and fifty; and the same from all the Chiefs of the Hitites, and the Chiefs of Edom; they were brought by their means.

(1015 B.c.)· Snlnmmr prepares in @11ilh the @21::;:12. 2 Solomon also commanded to build the House of the EvER·LIv1NG, and a. Palaee for His Empire. Con- sequently Solomon enrolled seventy thousand men as labourers, and eighty thousand men, as woodsmen in the hills, with three thousand six hundred as foremen over them. Salman prupusen in hire Eguriun Wnrkmeu nf °§ur¤m in help in Quilhiug the @2:::;:1:. 2 Solomon also sent to Huram King of Tzur to say : ‘ As you assisted my father David,

in sending Cedars to him, when building himself a House to reside in; do with me in building a Temple · to the Name of my EvER—L1VING GOD, asia Sanctuary for him, and to burn to him sweet-spiced incense, with a continuous ritual; and for the Morn- ing and Evening Sacrifice; and for the Sabbaths; and Months and for the Festivals of our EVER-L1v1NG GOD. For this to be for ever in Israel. ‘And the Temple that I shall

build will be large; for our GGD is greater than all Gods. Yet who has ability to build Him a House? for the Heavens, and the Heavens of the Heavens are not enough for Himl So who am I who woiild build Him a House? except to worship before Him? ‘Therefore now send me skilful

men able to work in Gold, _ and Silver, and Brass, and Iron; and in purple, and crimson and blue; and skilled in the carving of engravings, to work along with the mechanics who are with me in judea and ]erusalem, whom my father David provided. ‘Send me also Cedar, Er, and

Algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your subjects understand prepare me plenty of timber, for the Temple I am about to build will be large and wonderful. ‘ In return I will pay for the wood- g cutters who fell the timber, who are your subjects, twenty thousand Kors of ground wheat, and twenty thousand Kors of barley, with twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand 1 baths of oil. @132 §ing nf Gigufs Qeplg. Huram, King of Tzur replied by letter, and sent it to Solomon. ‘ Because the EVmz·L1v1NG loves

His people I-Ie has made you King I bless

the Even-1.1vms Gon of Israel, who made the Heavens and the Earth, because He has given a wise son to King David, educated in intellect and understanding, who will build a Temple for the EvER·L1v1NG, and a House for His Empire. ‘I have therefore sent a man of

genius, who was educated in con- struction by Huram my father. He is the son of a woman, from the Tribe of Dan, but his father was a native of Tzur. He understands to workin Gold, Silver, Brass, Iron, Stone and Timber ;—in purple, in blue, in {lax, and crimson; and to carve engrav- ings, and to contrive all kinds of enginery that may be required along with your mechanics, and the me- chanics of your father David. S0 now let my Master send to his Vassal the wheat, barley, oil, and wine that he says, then we will cut the timber in Lebanon for all your requirements, and bring it to you in floats by sea to laifa, and you can take it up from there to }erusalem. IO II I2 5¤lum¤:t Mnnzrripiz Zalruurers. Solomon consequently collected all

the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, according to the census which his father David conscribed, and found them to be a hundred and flfty·three thousand six hundred. He made seventy thousand of

them labourers, and eighty thousand woodcutters in the hills, with three 1 N0·rz.—-Ch. 2. v. -0. Equivalent to-16t 0:, , ooo bushels of wheat, 160,000 bushels of groiind barley,. 150,ooo gallons gf wine, and _r5&oo0

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