2 Chronicles 2:5-9
2 Chronicles 2:5
The house which I am about to build will be great, for our God is greater than all the gods.
2 Chronicles 2:6
But who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain Him? And who am I, that I should build a house for Him, except to burn incense before Him?
2 Chronicles 2:7
Now send me a skilled man to work in gold, silver, brass, iron, and in purple, crimson, and violet fabrics, one who knows how to make engravings, to work with the skilled workers whom I have in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.
2 Chronicles 2:8
Send me also cedar, juniper, and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber of Lebanon; and indeed my servants will work with your servants,
2 Chronicles 2:9
to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.