1 A nd Solomon saith to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom,

Solomon determined to build a temple for the Name of the Lord and a royal capitol.

2 a nd Solomon numbereth seventy thousand men bearing burden, and eighty thousand men hewing in the mountain, and overseers over them -- three thousand and six hundred.

And Solomon counted out 70, 000 men to bear burdens, 80, 000 to be stonecutters in the hill country, and 3, 600 overseers.

3 A nd Solomon sendeth unto Huram king of Tyre, saying, `When thou hast dealt with David my father, then thou dost send to him cedars to build for him a house to dwell in;

And Solomon sent to Hiram king of Tyre, saying, As you dealt with David my father and sent him cedars to build himself a house in which to dwell, even so deal with me.

4 l o, I am building a house to the name of Jehovah my God, to sanctify to Him, to make perfume before Him, perfume of spices, and a continual arrangement, and burnt-offerings at morning and at evening, at sabbaths, and at new moons, and at appointed seasons of Jehovah our God; to the age this on Israel.

Behold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the Lord my God, dedicated to Him for the burning of incense of sweet spices before Him, for the continual showbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and on the solemn feasts of the Lord our God, as ordained forever for Israel.

5 ` And the house that I am building great, for greater our God than all gods;

The house which I am to build is great, for our God is greater than all gods.

6 a nd who doth retain strength to build to Him a house, for the heavens, even the heavens of the heavens, do not contain Him? and who I that I do build to Him a house, except to make perfume before Him?

But who is able to build Him a house, since heaven, even highest heaven, cannot contain Him? Who am I to build Him a house, except as a place to burn incense in worship before Him?

7 ` And now, send to me a wise man to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and knowing to grave gravings with the wise men who with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father prepared;

Now therefore, send a man skilled to work in gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue colors, who is a trained engraver, to work with the skilled men who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.

8 a nd send to me cedar-trees, firs, and algums from Lebanon, for I have known that thy servants know to cut down trees of Lebanon, and lo, my servants with thy servants,

Send me also from Lebanon cedar, cypress, and algum timber, for I know your servants can skillfully cut timber in Lebanon; and my servants will be with your servants,

9 e ven to prepare for me trees in abundance, for the house that I am building great and wonderful.

To prepare for me timber in abundance, for the house I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.

10 ` And lo, to hewers, to those cutting the trees, I have given beaten wheat to thy servants, cors twenty thousand, and barley, cors twenty thousand, and wine, baths twenty thousand, and oil, baths twenty thousand.'

And I will give to your servants who cut timber 20, 000 measures of crushed wheat and also of barley, and 20, 000 baths of wine and also of oil.

11 A nd Huram king of Tyre saith in writing, and sendeth unto Solomon: `In the love of Jehovah to His people He hath given thee king over them.'

Then Hiram king of Tyre replied in writing sent to Solomon, Because the Lord loves His people, He has made you king over them.

12 A nd Huram saith, `Blessed Jehovah, God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, knowing wisdom and understanding, who doth build a house for Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.

Hiram said also, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, Who made heaven and earth, Who has given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, who should build a house for the Lord and a royal palace as his capitol.

13 ` And now, I have sent a wise man having understanding, of Huram my father,

Now I have sent a skilled man, endued with understanding, even Huram-abi, my trusted counselor,

14 ( son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father a man of Tyre), knowing to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stones, and in wood, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, and to grave any graving, and to devise any device that is given to him, with thy wise men, and the wise men of my lord David thy father.

The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; his father was a man of Tyre. He is a trained worker in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood; in purple, blue, and crimson colors, and in fine linen; and also to engrave any type of engraving and to carry out any design given him, with your skilled men and those of my lord, David your father.

15 ` And, now, the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, as my lord said, let him send to his servants,

Now therefore, the wheat, barley, oil, and wine of which my lord has spoken, let him send them to his servants,

16 a nd we -- we cut trees out of Lebanon, according to all thy need, and bring them in to thee -- floats by sea, to Joppa, and thou dost take them up to Jerusalem.'

And we will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon and bring it to you in rafts by sea to Joppa, so you may take it up to Jerusalem.

17 A nd Solomon numbereth all the men, the sojourners who in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father numbered them, and they are found a hundred and fifty thousand, and three thousand, and six hundred;

Then Solomon took a census of all the aliens in the land of Israel, like the census of them which his father David had taken. They were found to be 153, 600.

18 a nd he maketh of them seventy thousand burden-bearers, and eighty thousand hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers, to cause the people to work.

And he assigned 70, 000 of them to be burden bearers, 80, 000 to work in the mountain quarries, and 3, 600 as overseers to direct the people’s work.