Berean Standard Bible

1 Kings 5:7-12

When HiramH2438 receivedH8085 Solomon’sH8010 messageH1697, he rejoicedH8055 greatlyH3966 and saidH559, “BlessedH1288 be the LORDH3068 this dayH3117! HeH834 has givenH5414 DavidH1732 a wiseH2450 sonH1121 overH5921 thisH2088 greatH7227 peopleH5971!” 8Then HiramH2438 sentH7971 a reply toH413 SolomonH8010, sayingH559:

“I have receivedH8085 your messageH834 H7971 H413; IH589 will doH6213 allH3605 you desireH2656 regarding the cedarH730 H6086 and cypressH1265 1 timberH6086. 9My servantsH5650 will haul the logsH3381 fromH4480 LebanonH3844 to the SeaH3220,2 and IH589 will float themH7760 as raftsH1702 by seaH3220 toH5704 the placeH4725 you specifyH7971 H413. ThereH8033 I will separateH5310 the logs, and youH859 can take them awayH5375. And in exchange, youH859 can meetH6213 my needsH2656 by providingH5414 my householdH1004 with foodH3899.”

10SoH1961 HiramH2438 providedH5414 SolomonH8010 with allH3605 the cedarH730 H6086 and cypressH1265 timberH6086 he wantedH2656, 11 and yearH8141 after yearH8141 SolomonH8010 would provideH5414 HiramH2438 with 20,000H6242 H505 corsH3734 of wheatH2406 3 as foodH4361 for his householdH1004, as well as 20,000H6242 baths of pure olive oilH8081 H3795.4

12And the LORDH3068 gaveH5414 SolomonH8010 wisdomH2451, asH834 He had promisedH1696 him. There wasH1961 peaceH7965 betweenH996 HiramH2438 H996 and SolomonH8010, and the twoH8147 of them madeH3772 a treatyH1285.5

Notes

1. 1 Kings 5:8 Or pine or juniper or fir; also in verse 10 ↩
2. 1 Kings 5:9 That is, the Mediterranean Sea, also called the Great Sea ↩
3. 1 Kings 5:11 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). ↩
4. 1 Kings 5:11 LXX (see also 2 Chronicles 2:10); 20,000 baths is approximately 116,000 gallons or 440,000 liters of olive oil; Hebrew twenty cors of pure oil or twenty cors of pressed oil ↩
5. 1 Kings 5:12 Forms of the Hebrew berit are translated in most passages as covenant. ↩