2 Chronicles 2:1-2

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Solomon Prepares for the Temple^(A)

2 Solomon decided to build a ·temple [^Lhouse] ·as a place to worship [^Lfor the name of] the Lord and also a ·palace [^Lroyal house] for himself. ² He ·chose [assigned; conscripted] seventy thousand men ·to carry loads [as common laborers], eighty thousand men to ·cut [quarry] stone in the hill country, and thirty-six hundred men to ·direct the workers [supervise/oversee them].