1KI-5:1 And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon;

for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of

his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.

1KI-5:2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

1KI-5:3 Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an

house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were

about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles

of his feet.

1KI-5:4 But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side,

 [so that there is] neither adversary nor evil occurrent.

1KI-5:5 And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name

of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father,

saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he

shall build an house unto my name.

1KI-5:6 Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees

out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and

unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all

that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that [there is] not

among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the

Sidonians.

1KI-5:7 And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of

Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed [be] the

LORD this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this

great people.

1KI-5:8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the

things which thou sentest to me for: [and] I will do all thy

desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.

1KI-5:9 My servants shall bring [them] down from Lebanon unto

the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place

that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged

there, and thou shalt receive [them]: and thou shalt accomplish

my desire, in giving food for my household.

1KI-5:10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees

[according to] all his desire.

1KI-5:11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of

wheat [for] food to his household, and twenty measures of pure

oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.

1KI-5:12 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him:

and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made

a league together.

1KI-5:13 And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and

the levy was thirty thousand men.

1KI-5:14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by

courses: a month they were in Lebanon, [and] two months at home:

and Adoniram [was] over the levy.

1KI-5:15 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare

burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;

1KI-5:16 Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which [were]

over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled

over the people that wrought in the work.

1KI-5:17 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones,

costly stones, [and] hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the

house.

1KI-5:18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew

[them], and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and

stones to build the house.

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