Send me now therefore a cunning man that can work in gold, in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and in [a]crimson and blue silk, and that can grave in graven work with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father hath prepared.

Send me also cedar trees, fir trees and [b][c]Algummim trees from Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to hew timber in Lebanon: and behold, my servants shall be with thine,

That they may prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I do build, is great and wonderful.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 2:7 Or, scarlet.
  2. 2 Chronicles 2:8 Some take it for Brasil, or the wood called Ebenum, others for coral.
  3. 2 Chronicles 2:8 Or, Almuggim.

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