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1 Kings 5
Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
And thus the officers provided king Solomon: and [they execute] every one in his month all the orders for the table of the king, they omit nothing. And they carried the barley and the straw for the horses and the chariots to the place where the king might be, each according to his charge.
Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.
And these [were] the requisite supplies for Solomon: in one day thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of fine pounded meal,
And Solomon relayed this message to Hiram:
and ten choice calves, and twenty pastured oxen, and a hundred sheep, besides stags, and choice fatted does.
“As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.
For he had dominion on this side the river, and he was at peace on all sides round about.
But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or crisis.
And the Lord gave understanding to Solomon, and very much wisdom, and enlargement of heart, as the sand on the seashore.
My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea (note: That is, the Mediterranean Sea, also called the Great Sea), and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away. And in exchange, you can meet my needs by providing my household with food.”
And Solomon abounded greatly beyond the wisdom of all the ancients, and beyond all the wise men of Egypt.
So Hiram provided Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber he wanted,
And he was wiser than all [other] men: and he was wiser than Gæthan the Zarite, and [than] Ænan, and [than] Chalcad and Darala the sons of Mal.
and year after year Solomon would provide Hiram with 20,000 cors of wheat (note: 20,000 cors is approximately 124,800 bushels or 4.4 million liters (probably about 3,800 tons or 3,400 metric tons of wheat).) as food for his household, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil.
And Solomon spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were five thousand.
And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as He had promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty (note: Forms of the Hebrew berit are translated in most passages as covenant.).
And he spoke of trees, from the cedar in Libanus even to the hyssop which comes out through the wall: he spoke also of cattle, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fishes.
Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel.
And all the nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and [ambassadors] from all the kings of the earth, as many as heard of his wisdom.
He sent them to Lebanon in monthly shifts of 10,000 men, so that they would spend one month in Lebanon and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.
And Chiram king of Tyre sent his servants to anoint Solomon in the room of David his father, because Chiram always loved David.
Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,
And Solomon sent to Chiram, saying,
not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.
Thou knewest my father David, that he could not build a house to the name of the Lord my God because of the wars that compassed him about, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.
And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.
And now the Lord my God has given me rest round about; there is no one plotting against [me], and there is no evil trespass [against me].
So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.
And, behold, I intend to build a house to the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord God spoke to my father David, saying, Thy son whom I will set on thy throne in thy place, he shall build a house to my name.
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And now command, and let [men] cut wood for me out of Libanus: and, behold, my servants [shall be] with thy servants, and I will give thee the wages of thy service, according to all that thou shalt say, because thou knowest that we have no one skilled in cutting timber like the Sidonians.
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And it came to pass, as soon as Chiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed [be] God to-day, who has given to David a wise son over this numerous people.
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And he sent to Solomon, saying, I have listened concerning all that thou hast sent to me for: I will do all thy will: [as for] timber of cedar and fir,
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my servants shall bring them down from Libanus to the sea: I will form them [into] rafts, [and bring them] to the place which thou shalt send to me [about]; and I will land them there, and thou shalt take [them] up: and thou shalt do my will, in giving bread to my household.
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And Solomon gave to Chiram twenty thousand measures of wheat as food for his house, and twenty thousand baths of beaten oil thus Solomon gave to Chiram yearly.
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And the Lord gave wisdom to Solomon as he promised him; and there was peace between Chiram and Solomon, and they made a covenant between them.
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And he sent them to Libanus, ten thousand taking turn every month: they were a month in Libanus and two months at home: and Adoniram [was] over the levy.
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And Solomon had seventy thousand bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the mountain;
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besides the rulers that were appointed over the works of Solomon, [there were] three thousand six hundred masters who wrought in the works.
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