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| 5 | 1 Kings |
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Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father; for Hiram always loved David. | Solomon's temple project. 1Kgs.5.1-18 - 2Chr.2.1-18 |
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And Solomon sent word to Hiram, | |
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"You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of Yahweh his God because of the warfare with which his enemies surrounded him, until Yahweh put them under the soles of his feet. | |
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But now Yahweh my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor misfortune. | |
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And so I purpose to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, as Yahweh said to David my father, 'Your son, whom I will set upon your throne in your place, shall build the house for my name.' | |
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Now therefore command that cedars of Lebanon be cut for me; and my servants will join your servants, and I will pay you for your servants such wages as you set; for you know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians." | |
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When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly, and said, "Blessed be Yahweh this day, who has given to David a wise son to be over this great people." | |
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And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, "I have heard the message which you have sent to me; I am ready to do all you desire in the matter of cedar and cypress timber. | |
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My servants shall bring it down to the sea from Lebanon; and I will make it into rafts to go by sea to the place you direct, and I will have them broken up there, and you shall receive it; and you shall meet my wishes by providing food for my household." | |
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So Hiram supplied Solomon with all the timber of cedar and cypress that he desired, | |
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while Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat as food for his household, and twenty thousand cors of beaten oil. Solomon gave this to Hiram year by year. | |
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And Yahweh gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and the two of them made a treaty. | |
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King Solomon raised a levy of forced labour out of all Israel; and the levy numbered thirty thousand men. | |
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And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in relays; they would be a month in Lebanon and two months at home; Adoniram was in charge of the levy. | |
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Solomon also had seventy thousand burden-bearers and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the hill country, | |
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besides Solomon's three thousand three hundred chief officers who were over the work, who had charge of the people who carried on the work. | |
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At the king's command, they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones. | |
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So Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the men of Gebal did the hewing and prepared the timber and the stone to build the house. | |
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