2 Chronicles 2:3

And Solomon sent unto Huram king of Tyre, saying,—As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell in,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.

In Context

2And Solomon numbered seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand men to hew in the mountain,—and, to oversee them, three thousand six hundred.

4lo! I, am about to build a house for the Name of Yahweh my God, to hallow unto him—to burn before him sweet incense, and for a continual setting in array, and to offer ascending-sacrifices morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the appointed feasts of Yahweh our God,-age-abiding, is this [law] for Israel.

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Cross References

Exodus 25:30And thou shalt place upon the table Presence-bread, before me continually.

Exodus 29:39The one lamb, shalt thou offer in the morning, and the second lamb, shalt thou offer between the evenings;

Exodus 30:7And Aaron shall burn thereon fragrant incense,—morning by morning, when he trimmeth the lamps, shall he burn it;

Leviticus 23:2Speak unto the sons of Israel and thou shalt say unto them, As for the appointed seasons of Yahweh, which ye shall proclaim as holy convocations, these, are they—my appointed seasons:—

Numbers 28:11And in the beginnings of your months, shall ye bring near an ascending-sacrifice unto Yahweh, two choice bullocks and one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without defect;

1 Kings 5:1And Hiram King of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon, for he had heard that, him, had they anointed king, in the room of his father,—for, Hiram, was, a lover, of, David continually.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 2:2-11

Preparations to Build the Temple. ( b. c. 1015.) 1 And Solomon determined to build a house for the name of the Lord , and a house for his kingdom. 2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. 3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. 4 Behold, I build a… Read the whole commentary →

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