ASV_Strong : 1 Kings 5
1. And Hiram[H2438] king[H4428] of Tyre[H6865] sent[H7971] his servants[H5650] unto Solomon[H8010]; for he had heard[H8085] that they had anointed[H4886] him king[H4428] in the room of his father[H1]: for Hiram[H2438] was ever[H3117] a lover[H157] of David[H1732].
2. And Solomon[H8010] sent[H7971] to Hiram[H2438], saying[H559],
3. Thou knowest[H3045] how that David[H1732] my father[H1] could[H3201] not build[H1129] a house[H1004] for the name[H8034] of Jehovah[H3068] his God[H430] for[H6440] the wars[H4421] which were about him on every side[H5437], until Jehovah[H3068] put[H5414] them under the soles[H3709] of his feet[H7272].
4. But now Jehovah[H3068] my God[H430] hath given me rest[H5117] on every side[H5439]; there is neither adversary[H7854], nor evil[H7451] occurrence[H6294].
5. And[H559], behold, I purpose to build[H1129] a house[H1004] for the name[H8034] of Jehovah[H3068] my God[H430], as Jehovah[H3068] spake[H1696] unto David[H1732] my father[H1], saying[H559], Thy son[H1121], whom I will set[H5414] upon thy throne[H3678] in thy room[H1129], he shall build the house[H1004] for my name[H8034].
6. Now therefore command[H6680] thou that they cut[H3772] me cedar-trees[H730] out of Lebanon[H3844]; and my servants[H5650] shall be with thy servants[H5650]; and I will give[H5414] thee hire[H7939] for thy servants[H5650] according to all that thou shalt say[H559]: for thou knowest[H3045] that there is not among us any[H376] that knoweth[H3045] how to cut[H3772] timber[H6086] like unto the Sidonians[H6722].
7. And it came to pass[H2438], when Hiram heard[H8085] the words[H1697] of Solomon[H8010], that he rejoiced[H8055] greatly[H3966], and said[H559], Blessed[H1288] be Jehovah[H3068] this day[H3117], who hath given[H5414] unto David[H1732] a wise[H2450] son[H1121] over this great[H7227] people[H5971].
8. And Hiram[H2438] sent[H7971] to Solomon[H8010], saying[H559], I have heard[H8085] the message which thou hast sent[H7971] unto me[H6213]: I will do all thy desire[H2656] concerning timber[H6086] of cedar[H730], and concerning timber[H6086] of fir[H1265].
9. My servants[H5650] shall bring them down[H3381] from Lebanon[H3844] unto the sea[H3220]; and I will make[H7760] them into rafts[H1702] to go by sea[H3220] unto the place[H4725] that thou shalt appoint[H7971] me[H5310], and will cause them to be broken up there[H5375], and thou shalt receive them[H6213]; and thou shalt accomplish my desire[H2656], in giving[H5414] food[H3899] for my household[H1004].
10. So Hiram[H2438] gave[H5414] Solomon[H8010] timber[H6086] of cedar[H730] and timber[H6086] of fir[H1265] according to all his desire[H2656].
11. And Solomon[H8010] gave[H5414] Hiram[H2438] twenty[H6242] thousand[H505] measures[H3734] of wheat[H2406] for food[H4361] to his household[H1004], and twenty[H6242] measures[H3734] of pure[H3795] oil[H8081]: thus gave[H5414] Solomon[H8010] to Hiram[H2438] year[H8141] by year[H8141].
12. And Jehovah[H3068] gave[H5414] Solomon[H8010] wisdom[H2451], as he promised[H1696] him[H7965]; and there was peace between Hiram[H2438] and Solomon[H8010]; and they two[H8147] made[H3772] a league[H1285] together[H8147].
13. And king[H4428] Solomon[H8010] raised[H5927] a levy[H4522] out of all Israel[H3478]; and the levy[H4522] was thirty[H7970] thousand[H505] men[H376].
14. And he sent[H7971] them to Lebanon[H3844], ten[H6235] thousand[H505] a month[H2320] by courses[H2487]; a month[H2320] they were in Lebanon[H3844], and two[H8147] months[H2320] at home[H1004]; and Adoniram[H141] was over the men subject to taskwork[H4522].
15. And Solomon[H8010] had threescore and ten[H7657] thousand[H505] that bare[H5375] burdens[H5449], and fourscore[H8084] thousand[H505] that were hewers[H2672] in the mountains[H2022];
16. besides Solomon[H8010]'s chief[H8269] officers[H5324] that were over the work[H4399], three[H7969] thousand[H505] and three[H7969] hundred[H3967], who bare rule[H7287] over the people[H5971] that wrought[H6213] in the work[H4399].
17. And the king[H4428] commanded[H6680], and they hewed[H1496] out great[H1419] stones[H68], costly[H3368] stones[H68], to lay the foundation[H3245] of the house[H1004] with wrought[H1496] stone[H68].
18. And Solomon[H8010]'s builders[H1129] and Hiram[H2438]'s builders[H1129] and the Gebalites[H1382] did fashion[H6458] them[H3559], and prepared the timber[H6086] and the stones[H68] to build[H1129] the house[H1004].
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