American Standard Version

1 Kings 5

1AndHiram kingofTyre senthisservantsuntoSolomonH8010;forhehadheardthattheyhadanointedhimkingintheroomofhisfather:forHiramwasH1961everaloverofDavid.

2AndSolomonH8010senttoHiram, saying,

3Thou knowest how that David my father could not build a houseforthenameofJehovah his Godforthewars whichwereabout him on every side, until Jehovah put them underthesolesofhis feet.

4ButnowJehovahmyGod hath givenmerestoneveryside;thereisneither adversary, nor evil occurrence.

5And, behold,IpurposetobuildahouseforthenameofJehovahmyGod,asJehovah spake untoDavidmyfather, saying, Thy son, whomIwillsetuponthy throneinthy room,heshallbuildthehouseformyname.

6Nowthereforecommand thouthatthey cutmecedar-treesoutofLebanon;andmyservants shallbeH1961withthy servants;andIwillgivethee hireforthy servants accordingtoallthatthou shalt say:forthou knowestthatthereisH1961notamong usanythatknoweth howtocut timberlikeuntotheSidonians.

7Anditcametopass,whenHiram heardthewordsH1697ofSolomonH8010,thatherejoiced greatly,andsaid, BlessedbeJehovahthisday,whohath given unto Davidawise sonoverthisgreatpeople.

8AndHiram senttoSolomon, saying,Ihaveheardthemessagewhichthou hast sent untome:Iwilldoallthy desireconcerningH413timberofcedar,andconcerningH413timberoffir.

9MyservantsshallbringthemdownfromLebanon untotheseaH3220;andIwillmakeH5414themintoraftstogobyseaH3220untotheplacethatthou shaltappointme,andwillcausethemtobebrokenupthere,andthou shaltreceivethem;andthou shalt accomplishmydesire,ingivingH5414foodformyhousehold.

10So Hiram gaveSolomonH8010timberofcedarandtimberoffir accordingtoallhisdesire.

11AndSolomongaveHiram twenty thousand measuresofwheatforfoodtohishousehold,andtwenty measuresofpure oil:thusgaveSolomontoHiram yearbyyear.

12AndJehovahgaveSolomon wisdom,ashepromisedhim;andtherewasH1961peace between HiramandSolomon;andtheytwomadealeague together.

13AndkingSolomon raisedalevyoutofallIsrael;andthelevywasthirty thousand men.

14AndhesentthemtoLebanon, ten thousandamonthbycourses;amonththeywereinLebanon,andtwo monthsathome:andAdoniramwasoverthemensubjecttotaskwork.

15AndSolomonH8010hadthreescoreandten thousandthatbare burdens,andfourscore thousandthatwereH1961hewersinthemountains;

16besidesSolomon’schief officersthatwereoverthework, three thousandandthree hundred,whobare ruleoverthepeoplethatwroughtinthework.

17Andtheking commanded,andtheyhewedoutgreatstones, costly stones,tolaythefoundationofthehouseH1004withwroughtstone.

18AndSolomon’s buildersandHiram’s buildersandtheGebalites did fashionthem,andpreparedthetimberandthestonestobuildthehouse.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain