besides 3,300 ¹  officials who supervised the workers. ² 

When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying ¹  Ramah and abandoned the project. ² 

Now the materials were more than enough ¹  for them to do all the work. ² 

David ordered all the officials of Israel to support ¹  his son Solomon.

These men were also in charge of Solomon’s work projects; there were a total of 550 men who supervised the workers. ¹ 

When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying ¹  Ramah and settled down in Tirzah.

These men worked for Solomon as supervisors; there were a total of 250 of them who were in charge of the people. ¹ 

and the altar hearth, 7 feet, and from the altar hearth four horns projecting upward.

Now Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the Lord had commanded Moses;

You and Aaron are to number ¹  all in Israel who can serve in the army, ²  those who are ³  twenty years old or older, ⁴  by their divisions. ⁵ 

They did not audit the treasurers who disbursed ¹  the funds to the foremen, for they were honest. ² 

(The silver collected in conjunction with reparation offerings and sin offerings was not brought to the Lord’s temple; it belonged to the priests.)

David said, ¹  “All of this I put in writing as the Lord directed me and gave me insight regarding the details of the blueprints.” ² 

Some of the family leaders gave to the project treasury 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 silver minas.

Why do you constantly go about changing your political allegiances? ¹  You will get no help from Egypt just as you got no help from Assyria. ² 

to finish what you started, ¹  so that just as you wanted to do it eagerly, ²  you can also complete it ³  according to your means. ⁴ 

You will oversee my household, and all my people will submit to your commands. ¹  Only I, the king, will be greater than you. ² 

He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.” ¹  It measured 15 feet ²  from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet ³  high. Its circumference was 45 feet. ⁴ 

He purchased the hill of Samaria ¹  from Shemer for two talents ²  of silver. He launched a construction project there ³  and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria.

They would then hand over ¹  the silver that had been weighed to the construction foremen ²  assigned to the Lord’s temple. They hired carpenters and builders to work on the Lord’s temple,