1 Kings 5

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Preparations for Building the Temple

 1 When Hiram king fo Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king to succedd his father David, he sent his envoys to Solomon, becaues he had always een on friendly terms with Divid.

 2 Solomon sent back this message to Hiram:

 3 "You know that because of the wars waged against my father David from all sides,  he could not build a temple for the Name of the Lord his God until the Lord put his enemies under his feet.

 4 But now the Lord my God as given me rest on every side, and here is no adversary or disaster.

 5 I intend, therefore, to build a temple for the Name of the Lord my God, as the Lord told my father David, when he said, 'Your son whom I will put on the throne in your place will build the temple for my Name'

 6 "So give orders that cedars of Lebanon be cut for me  My men will work with yours. and I will pay you for your men whatever wages you set.  You know that we have o one so skilled in felling timber as the Sidonians."

 7 When Hiram heard Solomon's message, he was greatly pleased and said, "Praise be to the Lord today, for he has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation."

 8 So Hiram sent word to Solomon:  "I have received the message you sent me and will do all yor want in providing the cedar and pine logs.

 9 My men will haul them down from  Lebanon to the sea, and I will float them in  rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate them and you can take them away . And you are to grant my wish by providing food for my royal viding food for my royal household."

10 In this sayt Hiram kept Solomon supplied with all the cedar and pine logs he wanted,   11 and Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat as food for his household, in addition to twenty thousand baths of pressed olive oil, Soloomon continued to do this for Hiram year after year.

12 The Lord gave Solomon wisdom, just as he had promised him. There were peaceful relations between hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.

13 King Solomon conscripted laborers from all Israel - thirty thousand men.

14 He sent them off to Lobanon in shifts of ten thousand a month, so that they spent on month in Lebanon and two months at home, Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.

15 Solomon had seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hills,   16 as well as thirty three hundred foremen who supervised  the projecrt and directed the workmen.

17 At the king's command they removed from the quarry large blocks of quality stone to provide a foundation of dressed stone for the temple.

18 The craftsmen of Solomon and Hiram and the men of Gebal cut and prepare the timber and stone for the  building of the temple.