2 Chronicles 2: Solomon’s Preparations for Building the Temple – Clear & Engaging Audio Bible Reading | Gathering Materials, Requesting Skillful Workers, and Honoring God

Immerse yourself in the fascinating account of Solomon’s preparations for building the Temple in 2 Chronicles 2 with this clear and engaging audio recording. Follow the details of gathering the necessary materials, requesting skillful workers, the special honours given to Huram-abi, and the overarching theme of honoring God. Perfect for study, reflection, or meditation, let the Scriptures come alive and deepen your understanding of God’s Word.

2 CHRONICLES 2 (NIV)

1 Solomon gave orders to build a temple for the Name of the Lord and a royal
palace for himself. 2 He conscripted 70,000 men as carriers and 80,000 as
stonecutters in the hills and 3,600 as foremen over them.

3 Solomon sent this message to Hiram king of Tyre:
“Send me cedar logs as you did for my father David when you sent him cedar to
build a palace to live in.

4 Now I am about to build a temple for the Name of
the Lord my God and to dedicate it to him for burning fragrant incense before
him, for setting out the consecrated bread regularly, and for making burnt
offerings every morning and evening and on the Sabbaths, at the New Moons and
at the appointed festivals of the Lord our God. This is a lasting ordinance
for Israel.

5 “The temple I am going to build will be great, because our God is greater
than all other gods.

6 But who is able to build a temple for him, since the
heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain him? Who then am I to build
a temple for him, except as a place to burn sacrifices before him?

7 “Send me, therefore, a man skilled to work in gold and silver, bronze and
iron, and in purple, crimson and blue yarn, and experienced in the art of
engraving, to work in Judah and Jerusalem with my skilled workers, whom my
father David provided.

8 “Send me also cedar, juniper and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that
your servants are skilled in cutting timber there. My servants will work with
yours

9 to provide me with plenty of lumber, because the temple I build must
be large and magnificent.

10 I will give your servants, the woodsmen who cut
the timber, twenty thousand cors of ground wheat, twenty thousand cors of
barley, twenty thousand baths of wine and twenty thousand baths of olive oil.”

11 Hiram king of Tyre replied by letter to Solomon:
“Because the Lord loves his people, he has made you their king.”

12 And Hiram added:
“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth! He has
given King David a wise son, endowed with intelligence and discernment, who
will build a temple for the Lord and a palace for himself.

13 “I am sending you Huram-Abi, a man of great skill,

14 whose mother was from
Dan and whose father was from Tyre. He is trained to work in gold and silver,
bronze and iron, stone and wood, and with purple and blue and crimson yarn and
fine linen. He is experienced in all kinds of engraving and can execute any
design given to him. He will work with your skilled workers and with those of
my lord, David your father.

15 “Now let my lord send his servants the wheat and barley and the olive oil
and wine he promised,

16 and we will cut all the logs from Lebanon that you
need and will float them as rafts by sea down to Joppa. You can then take them
up to Jerusalem.”

17 Solomon took a census of all the foreigners residing in Israel, after the
census his father David had taken; and they were found to be 153,600. 18 He
assigned 70,000 of them to be carriers and 80,000 to be stonecutters in the
hills, with 3,

600 foremen over them to keep the people working.