4 Behold, dI am building a temple for the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to Him, eto burn before Him 2sweet incense, for fthe continual showbread, for gthe burnt offerings morning and evening, on the hSabbaths, on the New Moons, and on the 3set feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance forever to Israel.

5 And the temple which I build will be great, for iour God is greater than all gods. 6 jBut who is able to build Him a temple, since heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Him? Who am I then, that I should build Him a temple, except to burn sacrifice before Him?

7 Therefore send me at once a man skillful to work in gold and silver, in bronze and iron, in purple and crimson and blue, who has skill to engrave with the skillful men who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, kwhom David my father provided. 8 lAlso send me cedar and cypress and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and indeed my servants will be with your servants,