Other workmen being provided to build the Temple, 7. Salomon procureth a cunning artificer from the king of Tyre, and special timber, 16. to be cut, and sent from thence.Other workemen being prouided to build the Temple, 7. Salomon procureth a cunning artificer from the king of Tyre, and special timber, 16. to be cutte, and sent frõ thence.✦
And Salomon determined to build a house to the name of our Lord, and a palace for himself.AND Salomon determined to build a house to the name of our Lord, and a palace for himself.Decrevit autem Salomon ædificare domum nomini Domini, et palatium sibi.
2And he numbered seventy thousand men that carried on their shoulders, and eighty thousand that should hew stones in the mountains, and overseers of them three thousand six hundred.And he numbred seuentie thousand men that caried on their shoulders, and eightie thousand that should hew stones in the mountaynes, and ouerseers of them three thousand six hundred.✦Et numeravit septuaginta millia virorum portantium humeris, et octoginta millia qui cæderent lapides in montibus, præpositosque eorum tria millia sexcentos.
3He sent also to Hiram the king of Tyre, saying: As thou didst with David my father, and didst send him cedar trees, to build him a house, wherein also he dwelt:He sent also to Hiram the king of Tyre, saying: As thou didst with Dauid my father, and didst send him cedar trees, to build him a house, wherin also he dwelt:Misit quoque ad Hiram regem Tyri, dicens : Sicut egisti cum David patre meo, et misisti ei ligna cedrina ut ædificaret sibi domum, in qua et habitavit :
4so do with me that I may build a house to the name of our Lord my God, that I may consecrate it to burn incense before him, and to perfume with aromatical spices, and to the everlasting propositionem: the shewbread set forth before God of loaves, and for holocausts, morning and evening, on the sabbaths also, and the new moons, and the solemnities of our Lord God for ever, which are commanded Israel.so doe with me that I may build a house to the name of our Lord my God, that I may consecrate it to burne incense before him, and to perfume with aromatical spices, and to the euerlasting proposition of loaues, and for holocaustes, morning and euening, on the sabbathes also, and the new moones, and the solemnities of our Lord God for euer, which are commanded Israel.sic fac mecum ut ædificem domum nomini Domini Dei mei, ut consecrem eam ad adolendum incensum coram illo, et fumiganda aromata, et ad propositionem panum sempiternam, et ad holocautomata mane, et vespere, sabbatis quoque, et neomeniis, et solemnitatibus Domini Dei nostri in sempiternum, quæ mandata sunt Israëli.
5For the house which I desire to build, is great: for our God is great above all gods.For the house which I desire to build, is great: for our God is great aboue al goddes.Domus enim quam ædificare cupio, magna est : magnus est enim Deus noster super omnes deos.
6Who then can be able, to build him a worthy house? if heaven, and the heavens of heavens can not contain him: how great am I, that I may build him a house? but to this end only, that incense may be burnt before him.Who then can be able, to build him a worthie house? if heauen, and the heauens of heauens can not conteyne him: how great am I, that I may build him a house? but to this end only, that incense may be burnt before him.Quis ergo poterit prævalere, ut ædificet ei dignam domum ? si cælum, et cæli cælorum, capere eum nequeunt, quantus ego sum, ut possim ædificare ei domum ? sed ad hoc tantum, ut adoleatur incensum coram illo.
7Send me therefore a eruditum: crafty, sly; skilful, expert man, that hath skill to work in gold, and silver, brass, and iron, purple, scarlet, and hyacinth, and that knoweth to make engraved works with these artificers, which I have with me in Jewry, and Jerusalem, whom David my father prepared.Send me therfore a cunning man, that hath skil to worke in gold, and siluer, brasse, and yron, purple, scarler, and hyacinth, and that knoweth to make engraued workes with these artificers, which I haue with me in Iewrie, and Ierusalem, whom Dauid my father prepared.Mitte ergo mihi virum eruditum, qui noverit operari in auro, et argento, ære, et ferro, purpura, coccino, et hyacintho : et qui sciat sculpere cælaturas cum his artificibus quos mecum habeo in Judæa, et Jerusalem, quos præparavit David pater meus.
8But send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and pine trees from Libanus: for I know that thy servants have skill to hew the timber of Libanus, and my servants shall be with thy servants,But send me also cedar trees, firretrees, and pintrees from Libanus: for I know that thy seruantes haue skil to hew the timber of Libanus, and my seruantes shal be with thy seruantes,Sed et ligna cedrina mitte mihi, et arceuthina, et pinea de Libano : scio enim quod servi tui noverint cædere ligna de Libano : et erunt servi mei cum servis tuis,
9that many trees may be prepared for me. For the house which I desire to build, is exceeding great, and glorious.that manie trees maybe prepared for me. For the house which I desire to build, is exceding great, and glorious.ut parentur mihi ligna plurima. Domus enim quam cupio ædificare, magna est nimis, et inclyta.
10Moreover to the workmen, that shall hew the trees, thy servants, I will give for victuals of wheat twenty thousand coros: cors, a large dry measure (about ten ephahs), and of barley as many cores, and of wine twenty thousand, oil also twenty thousand sata: satums, a measure of about a peck and a half.Moreouer to the workemen, that shal hew the trees, thy seruantes, I wil geue for victuals of wheat twentie thousand cores, and of barley as manie cores, and of wine twentie thousand, oyle also twentie thousand satesPræterea operariis qui cæsuri sunt ligna, servis tuis, dabo in cibaria tritici coros viginti millia, et hordei coros totidem, et vini viginti millia metretas, olei quoque sata viginti millia.
11And Hiram the king of Tyre by letters, which he sent to Salomon, said: Because the Lord loved his people, therefore hath he made thee to reign over it.And Hiram the king of Tyre by letters, which he sent to Salomon, sayd: Because the Lord loued his people, therfore hath he made thee to reigne ouer it.Dixit autem Hiram rex Tyri per litteras quas miserat Salomoni : Quia dilexit Dominus populum suum, idcirco te regnare fecit super eum.
12And he added, saying: Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a son wise and learned, and of understanding, and prudent, to build a house to the Lord, and a palace for himself.And he added, saying: Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, that made heauen and earth, who hath geuen to Dauid the king a sonne wise and learned, and of vnderstanding, and prudent, to build a house to the Lord, and a palace for himself.Et addidit, dicens : Benedictus Dominus Deus Israël, qui fecit cælum et terram : qui dedit David regi filium sapientem et eruditum et sensatum atque prudentem, ut ædificaret domum Domino, et palatium sibi.
13I therefore have sent thee a man wise and most skilful Hiram, my father,I therfore haue sent thee a man wise and most skilful Hiram, my father,✦Misi ergo tibi virum prudentem et scientissimum Hiram patrem meum,
14the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, whose father was a Tyrian, who knoweth to work in gold, and silver, brass, and iron, and marble, and in timber, in purple also, and hyacinth, and silk and scarlet: and that knoweth to sculpere: carve, engrave all engraving, and to devise wisely whatsoever in the work is necessary with thy artificers, and with the artificers of my lord David thy father.the sonne of a woman of the daughters of Dan, whose father was a Tyrian, who knoweth to worke in gold, and siluer, brasse, and yron, and marble, and in timber, in purple also, and hiacinth, and silke and scarlet: and that knoweth to graue al engrauing, and to deuise wisely whatsoeuer in the worke is necessarie with thy artificers, and with the artificers of my lord Dauid thy father.filium mulieris de filiabus Dan, cujus pater fuit Tyrius, qui novit operari in auro, et argento, ære, et ferro, et marmore, et lignis, in purpura quoque, et hyacintho, et bysso, et coccino : et qui scit cælare omnem sculpturam, et adinvenire prudenter quodcumque in opere necessarium est cum artificibus tuis, et cum artificibus domini mei David patris tui.
15The wheat therefore, and barley, and oil, and wine, which thou my lord hast promised, send to thy servants.The wheate therfore, and barley, and oile, and wine, which thou my lord hast promised, send to thy seruantes.Triticum ergo, et hordeum, et oleum, et vinum, quæ pollicitus es, domine mi, mitte servis tuis.
16And we will cut down the trees out of Libanus, as many as shall be necessary for thee, and will convey them in boats by the sea unto Joppe: and it shall be thy part to transport them into Jerusalem.And we wil cut downe the trees out of Libanus, as manie as shal be necessarie for thee, and wil conuey them in boates by the sea vnto Ioppe: and it shal be thy part to transport them into Ierusalem.Nos autem cædemus ligna de Libano, quot necessaria habueris, et applicabimus ea ratibus per mare in Joppe : tuum autem erit transferre ea in Jerusalem.
17Salomon therefore numbered all the men, that were proselytos: resident strangers and converts dwelling among Israel in the land of Israel, after the numbering which David his father numbered, and they were found an hundred fifty three thousand and six hundred.Salomon therfore numbred al the men, that were proselytes in the land of Israel, after the numbering which Dauid his father numbered, and they were found an hundred fiftie three thousand and six hundred.Numeravit igitur Salomon omnes viros proselytos qui erant in terra Israël, post dinumerationem quam dinumeravit David pater ejus, et inventi sunt centum quinquaginta millia, et tria millia sexcenti.
18And he made of them seventy thousand, that should carry burdens on their shoulders, and eighty thousand, that should cut stones out of the mountains: and three thousand and six hundred overseers of the work of the people.And he made of them seuentie thousand, that should carie burdens on their shoulders, and eightie thousand, that should cut stones out of the mountaynes: and three thousand and six hundred ouerseers of the worke of the people.Fecitque ex eis septuaginta millia qui humeris onera portarent, et octoginta millia qui lapides in montibus cæderent : tria autem millia et sexcentos præpositos operum populi.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.