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^(F1)(C1)Now Solomon ^(F2)decided to build a house for the name of the LORD, and a ^(F3)royal palace for himself.

^(F1)So ^(C1)Solomon ^(F2)assigned seventy thousand men to carry loads, eighty thousand men to quarry stone in the mountains, and 3,600 to supervise them.

^(C1)Then Solomon sent word to ^(F1)Huram the king of Tyre, saying, "^(C2)As you dealt with my father David and sent him cedars to build him a house to live in, do it for me.

"Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, dedicating it to Him, ^(C1)to burn fragrant incense before Him and to set out ^(C2)the showbread continually, and to offer ^(C3)burnt offerings morning and evening, ^(C4)on Sabbaths, on new moons, and on the appointed feasts of the LORD our God. This is to be done in Israel forever.

"The house which I am about to build will be great, for our God is ^(C1)greater than all the gods.

"But ^(C1)who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain Him? And who am I, that I should build a house for Him, except to ^(F1)burn incense before Him?

"Now ^(C1)send me a skilled man to work in gold, silver, brass, iron, and in purple, crimson, and violet fabrics, one who knows how to make engravings, to work with the skilled workers ^(F1)(C2)whom I have in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.

"^(C1)Send me also cedar, juniper, and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber of Lebanon; and indeed ^(C2)my servants will work with your servants,

to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.

"Now behold, ^(C1)I will give your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, ^(F1)twenty thousand kors of crushed wheat, twenty thousand kors of barley, ^(F2)twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil."