and I have filled him with the Spirit of God ¹  in skill, ²  in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds ³  of craftsmanship,

He trains ¹  my hands for battle; ²  my arms can bend even the strongest bow. ³ 

Kenaniah, the leader of the Levites, was in charge of transport, for he was well-informed on this matter; ¹ 

in using gold, silver, bronze, and iron. ¹  Get up and begin the work! May the Lord be with you!”

Ahithophel was the king’s adviser; Hushai the Arkite was the king’s confidant. ¹ 

Now I am sending you Huram Abi, ¹  a skilled and capable man,

whose mother is a Danite and whose father is a Tyrian. ¹  He knows how to work with gold, silver, bronze, iron, stones, and wood, as well as purple, violet, white, and crimson fabrics. He knows how to do all kinds of engraving and understands any design given to him. He will work with your skilled craftsmen and the skilled craftsmen of my lord David your father.

Let those who curse the day ¹  curse it ²  – those who are prepared to rouse ³  Leviathan. ⁴ 

He trains my hands for battle; ¹  my arms can bend even the strongest bow. ² 

Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; ¹  it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver. ² 

Do not trust in princes, or in human beings, who cannot deliver! ¹ 

You who are naive, discern ¹  wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment! ² 

They will descend from their ships – all who handle the oar, the sailors and all the sea captains – they will stand on the land.

because he taught them like one who had authority, ¹  not like their experts in the law. ² 

Then ¹  an expert in the law ²  came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” ³ 

Then ¹  some of the experts in the law ²  said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming!” ³ 

The disciples asked him, ¹  “Why then do the experts in the law ²  say that Elijah must come first?”

In ¹  the same way even the chief priests – together with the experts in the law ²  and elders ³  – were mocking him: ⁴ 

Now ¹  the Pharisees ²  and some of the experts in the law ³  who came from Jerusalem ⁴  gathered around him.

Then ¹  they asked him, ²  “Why do the experts in the law ³  say that Elijah must come first?”