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1 Kings 5 :1 5:1 Now ^aHiram the king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram had always loved David.

1 Kings 5 :2 5:2 ^aAnd Solomon sent word to Hiram, saying,

1 Kings 5 :3 5:3 You know about David my father that he was not able to ^abuild a house for the name of Jehovah his God because of the warfare that his enemies surrounded him with, until Jehovah put them under the soles of his feet.

1 Kings 5 :4 5:4 But now Jehovah my God has given me ^arest all around; there is no adversary or evil occurrence.

1 Kings 5 :5 5:5 And now I intend to ^abuild a house for the name of Jehovah my God according to what Jehovah spoke to David my father, saying, Your son, whom I will put on your throne in your place, he will build the house for My name.

1 Kings 5 :6 5:6 Now therefore command that they cut for me cedars from Lebanon. And my servants will be with your servants, and I will give you payment for your servants, according to whatever you say; for you know that among us there is no one who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.

1 Kings 5 :7 5:7 And when Hiram heard Solomon’s words, he rejoiced greatly and said, Blessed be Jehovah this day, who has given David a wise son over this great people.

1 Kings 5 :8 5:8 And Hiram sent word to Solomon, saying, I have heard the message which you have sent me. I will do all your desire concerning ¹cedar timber and ¹cypress timber.

1 Kings 5 :9 5:9 My servants will bring them down from Lebanon to the sea, and I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place that you direct me; and I will break them apart there, and you can carry them off. And you can fulfill my desire by giving food to my household.

1 Kings 5 :10 5:10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar timber and cypress timber, all that he desired.

1 Kings 5 :11 5:11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand ¹cors of wheat as food for his household and twenty cors of the finest oil; this did Solomon give to Hiram year by year.

1 Kings 5 :12 5:12 And Jehovah gave Solomon wisdom, as He had promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.

1 Kings 5 :13 5:13 And King Solomon levied forced labor out of all Israel, and the forced labor amounted to thirty thousand men.

1 Kings 5 :14 5:14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: one month they were in Lebanon, and two months they were at home. And Adoniram was over the forced labor.

1 Kings 5 :15 5:15 And Solomon had seventy thousand burden bearers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountains,

1 Kings 5 :16 5:16 Besides Solomon’s three thousand three hundred chief officers over the work, who directed the people who did the work.

1 Kings 5 :17 5:17 And the king commanded, and they quarried great ^astones, costly stones, in order to lay the foundation of the house with hewn stone.

1 Kings 5 :18 5:18 And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the Gebalites fashioned the stone and prepared the timber and the stones in order to build the house.