8And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have heard the messagewhichH834thou hast sent untomeH413: I willdoH935allH376thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
9My servants shallbringH5414themdownH5414from Lebanon unto theseaH3220: and I willmakeH5414themintoH5921rafts to go byseaH3220unto theplaceH5414that thou shaltappointH5414meH5414, and willcauseH5414them to be brokenupH5921there, and thou shaltreceiveH5414them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, ingivingH5414food for my household.
10So Hirah gaveSolomonH8010timber of cedar and timber of fir according toallH3605his desire.
11And SolomongaveH1961Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil:thusH1961gaveH1961Solomon to Hiram year by year.
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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