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2 Chronicles 2:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Chronicles 2:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Preparations for Building the Temple
2 [a]Solomon decided to build a temple for the name of the Lord and a royal palace for himself.(A) 2 [b]Solomon conscripted seventy thousand laborers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hill country, with three thousand six hundred to oversee them.(B)
Alliance with Huram of Tyre
3 Solomon sent word to King Huram of Tyre, “Once you dealt with my father David and sent him cedar to build himself a house to live in.(C)
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