2 Chronicles 2:1-3

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Preparations for Building the Temple

2 ^[a]Solomon decided to build a Temple to honor the name of the Lord, and also a royal palace for himself. ²^[b]He enlisted a force of 70,000 laborers, 80,000 men to quarry stone in the hill country, and 3,600 foremen.

³Solomon also sent this message to King Hiram^[c] at Tyre:

“Send me cedar logs as you did for my father, David, when he was building his palace.

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2:1 Verse 2:1 is numbered 1:18 in Hebrew text.
2:2 Verses 2:2-18 are numbered 2:1-17 in Hebrew text.
2:3 Hebrew Huram, a variant spelling of Hiram; also in 2:11.

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