2 Chronicles 2:3-5
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Alliance with Huram of Tyre
3 Solomon sent word to King Huram of Tyre: ‘Once you dealt with my father David and sent him cedar to build himself a house to live in. 4 I am now about to build a house for the name of the Lord my God and dedicate it to him for offering fragrant incense before him, and for the regular offering of the rows of bread, and for burnt-offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths and the new moons and the appointed festivals of the Lord our God, as ordained for ever for Israel. 5 The house that I am about to build will be great, for our God is greater than other gods.
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