2 Chronicles 2:3
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2 Chr 2:3
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Then Solomon sent {word} to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, "As you dealt with David my father and sent him cedars to build him a house to dwell in, so do for me.
2 Chr 2:4
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~"Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, dedicating it to Him, to burn fragrant incense before Him and {to set out} the showbread continually, and to offer burnt offerings morning and evening, on sabbaths and on new moons and on the appointed feasts of the LORD our God, this {being required} forever in Israel.
2 Chr 2:5
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~"The house which I am about to build {will be} great, for greater is our God than all the gods.
2 Chr 2:6
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~"But who is able to build a house for Him, for the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain Him? So who am I, that I should build a house for Him, except to (Lit {offer up in smoke}) burn {incense} before Him?
2 Chr 2:7
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~"Now send me a skilled man to work in gold, silver, brass and iron, and in purple, crimson and violet {fabrics,} and who knows how to make engravings, to {work} with the skilled men whom I have in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.
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