1 Kings 5
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Plans to Build the Temple
2Ch 2:1–18
1#2Sa 5:11; 1Ch 14:1Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, for he had heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, and Hiram had always loved David. 2#2Ch 2:3And Solomon sent word to Hiram, saying,
3#1Ch 28:3; 22:8“You know how David my father was unable to build a house for the name of the Lord his God because of the wars all around him, until the Lord put his enemies under his feet. 4#1Ki 4:24; 1Ch 22:9But now the Lord my God has given me peace on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor misfortune. 5#1Ch 17:12; 22:10So know that I plan to build a house to honor the name of the Lord my God, just as the Lord spoke to my father David, saying, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne after you, shall build a house to honor My name.’
6#2Ch 2:8“Now therefore command that cedar trees from Lebanon be cut down for me, and my servants shall be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever you command, for you know that there are none among my people who can cut timber like the Sidonians.”
7When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the Lord this day, who has given David a wise son over this great people.”
8Hiram sent to Solomon, saying,
“I have considered the things which you contacted me about, and I will do all you asked concerning timber of cedar and fir. 9#Ezr 3:7; Eze 27:17My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea, and I will send them by sea in floats to the place that you shall name and will cause them to be discharged into your care there, and in return you will meet my wishes by giving food for my household.”
10So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees as he desired. 11#2Ch 2:10Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand kors#Likely about 3,600 tons, or 3,250 metric tons. of wheat for his household and twenty baths#About 120,000 gallons, or 440,000 liters. of pure oil. This is what Solomon gave to Hiram each year. 12#1Ki 3:12; Am 1:9The Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as He promised, and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon as they made a treaty together.
13#1Ki 9:15; 4:6King Solomon drafted men from all Israel, totaling thirty thousand men. 14He sent them to Lebanon in turns, ten thousand a month, with each spending a month in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram administered the labor force. 15#1Ki 9:20–22; 2Ch 2:17–18Solomon had seventy thousand porters and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountains, 16#1Ki 9:23; 2Ch 2:2not counting the chief of Solomon’s officers who were over the work, three thousand three hundred, who ruled over the people who did the work. 17#1Ki 6:7; 1Ch 22:2At the king’s command, they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones. 18#Jos 13:5; Eze 27:9Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders, along with the stonemasons, cut them and prepared timber and stones to build the house.
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