Revised Version 1895

1 Kings 5:12-18

12And the LORDgaveH1961Solomon wisdom, as hepromisedH1696him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they twomadeדִּבֶּר־di.ber-H1696a league together.

13AndkingH5921Solomon raised a levyoutH3318ofallH5704Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.

14And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months athomeH776: and Adoniram was over the levy.

15AndSolomonH8010had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains;

16besidesSolomon’sH8010chief officers that were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.

17And the king commanded, and they hewedoutיָדַ֜עְתָּya.Da'.taH3045greatאֱלֹהָ֔יו'e.lo.HavH430stones, costly stones, tolayתֵּת־tet-H5414the foundation of thehouseH1004with wroughtstoneאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834.

18And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.

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