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

Solomon planned to build a house for the name of the Lord, and a king’s house for himself.

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.

So he picked 70, 000 men to carry loads, 80, 000 men to cut stones in the mountains, and 3, 600 men to watch over these men.

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;

Then Solomon sent word to King Huram of Tyre, saying, “You sent my father David cedar trees to build him a house to live in. Do the same for 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.

See, I am about to build a house for the name of the Lord my God. I will set it apart for Him. There special perfume will be burned before Him. The holy bread will be there all the time. Burnt gifts will be given morning and evening, on Days of Rest, on new moons, and during the special suppers of the Lord our God. This is to be done forever in Israel.

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

The house I am about to build will be great. For our God is greater than all the 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 a house for Him? For the heavens and the highest heavens are not big enough to hold Him. So who am I, that I should build a house for Him, except as a place to burn special perfume 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 send me an able man to work with gold, silver, brass, iron, and purple, red and blue cloth who knows how to cut all kinds of pictures. He will work with the able men I have in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David gave me.

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 cedar, cypress and algum trees from Lebanon. I know you have able men who know how to do this work. My servants will work with your servants

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

to cut many trees for me. For the house I am about to build will be very great and beautiful.

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.'

I will give to your servants who cut trees, 200, 000 baskets of crushed grain, 200, 000 baskets of barley, 200, 000 bottles of wine, and 200, 000 bottles 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 King Huram of Tyre answered by letter to Solomon, “The Lord has made you king over His people because He loves 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.

Then Huram said, “Honor and thanks be to the Lord, the God of Israel. He has made heaven and earth. And He has given King David a wise son. Wisdom and understanding have been given to David’s son who will build a house for the Lord and a king’s house for himself.

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

Now I am sending Huram-abi, an able man of understanding.

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.

He is the son of a Danite woman and a Tyrian father. He knows how to work with gold, silver, brass, iron, stone and wood and with purple, blue, and red cloth. He knows how to cut all kinds of pictures, any kind given him to do. He is to work with your able men, and with 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,

So now let my lord send the grain, barley, oil and wine to his servant, as he has said.

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.'

We will cut whatever trees you need in Lebanon, and bring them to you by ship to Joppa. Then you may carry them 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;

Solomon numbered all those in Israel who were from other lands, using the number of them which his father David had taken. And 153, 600 were found.

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.

He picked 70, 000 of them to carry loads, 80, 000 to cut stones in the mountains, and 3, 600 men to see that the people did their work.