But (A)who is able to build a house for Him, for the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain Him? So who am I, that I should build a house for Him, except to [a]burn incense before Him? Now (B)send me a skilled man to work in gold, silver, brass and iron, and in purple, crimson and violet fabrics, and who knows how to make engravings, to work with the skilled men [b](C)whom I have in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided. (D)Send me also cedar, cypress and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber of Lebanon; and indeed (E)my servants will work with your servants,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 2:6 Lit offer up in smoke
  2. 2 Chronicles 2:7 Lit who are with me