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1 Kings 5:3-18

3Thou knowest that David my father could not build a house untothenameofJehovah his God, becauseofthewars whichwereabout him on every side, until Jehovah put them underthesolesofhis feet.

4ButnowJehovahmyGodhasgivenmerestoneveryside:thereisneither adversary nor evil event.

5Andbehold,Ipurposetobuildahouse untothenameofJehovahmyGod,asJehovah spoketoDavidmyfather saying, Thy son, whomIwillsetuponthy throneinthystead,heshallbuildahouse untomyname.

6Andnowcommandthatthey hewmecedar-treesoutofLebanon;andmyservants shallbeH1961withthy servants;andIwillgivethee hireforthy servants accordingtoallthatthou shalt say;forthou knowestthatthereisH1961notamong usanythatareexperiencedincutting timberliketotheZidonians.

7AnditcametopasswhenHiram heardthewordsH1697ofSolomonH8010,thatherejoiced greatly,andsaid, BlessedbeJehovahthisday,whohasgiventoDavidawise sonoverthisgreatpeople.

8AndHiram senttoSolomon, saying,Ihaveheardthethingswhichthou sentesttomefor:Iwilldoallthy desireconcerningH413timberofcedar,andconcerningH413timberofcypress.

9Myservantsshallbring[them]downfromLebanontotheseaH3220;andIwillconveythembyseaH3220[in] raftstotheplacethatthou shaltappointme,andwillcausethemtobebrokenupthere,andthou shaltreceivethem.Andthou shalt accomplishmydesireingivingH5414foodformyhousehold.

10So Hiram gaveSolomonH8010cedar-treesandcypress-trees [accordingto]allhisdesire.

11AndSolomongaveHiram twenty thousand measuresofwheatasfoodforhishousehold,andtwenty measuresofbeaten oil:thusgaveSolomontoHiram yearbyyear.

12AndJehovahgaveSolomon wisdomashepromisedhim.AndtherewasH1961peace between HiramandSolomon;andtheytwomadealeague.

13AndkingSolomon raisedalevyoutofallIsrael;andthelevywasthirty thousand men.

14AndhesentthemtoLebanon, ten thousandamonthbycourses;amonththeywereinLebanon, two monthsathome;andAdoniramwasoverthelevy.

15AndSolomonH8010hadseventy thousandthatbore burdens,andeighty thousand stone-masonsinthemountains;

16besidestheoverseers whomSolomonH8010hadsetoverthework, three thousand three hundred,whoruledoverthepeoplethatwroughtinthework.

17Andtheking commanded,andtheybroughtH5437greatstones, costly stones, hewn stones,tolaythefoundationofthehouseH1004.

18AndSolomon's buildersandHiram's buildersandtheGiblites hewedthem,andprepared timberandstonestobuildthehouse.

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