5:1 Now
Hiram
king
of
Tyre
sent
his
servants
to
Solomon
when
he
heard
that
they
had
anointed
him
king
in
place
of
his
father,
for
Hiram
always
loved
David.
5:2 And
Solomon
sent
word
to
Hiram,
5:3 "You
know
that
David
my
father
could
not
build
a
house
for
the
name
of
the
LORD
his
God
because
of
the
warfare
with
which
his
enemies
surrounded
him,
until
the
LORD
put
them
under
the
soles
of
his
feet.
5:4 But
now
the
LORD
my
God
has
given
me
rest
on
every
side.
There
is
neither
adversary
nor
misfortune.
5:5 And
so
I
intend
to
build
a
house
for
the
name
of
the
LORD
my
God,
as
the
LORD
said
to
David
my
father,
'Your
son,
whom
I
will
set
on
your
throne
in
your
place,
shall
build
the
house
for
my
name.'
5:6 Now
therefore
command
that
cedars
of
Lebanon
be
cut
for
me.
And
my
servants
will
join
your
servants,
and
I
will
pay
you
for
your
servants
such
wages
as
you
set,
for
you
know
that
there
is
no
one
among
us
who
knows
how
to
cut
timber
like
the
Sidonians."
5:7 As
soon
as
Hiram
heard
the
words
of
Solomon,
he
rejoiced
greatly
and
said,
"Blessed
be
the
LORD
this
day,
who
has
given
to
David
a
wise
son
to
be
over
this
great
people."
5:8 And
Hiram
sent
to
Solomon,
saying,
"I
have
heard
the
message
that
you
have
sent
to
me.
I
am
ready
to
do
all
you
desire
in
the
matter
of
cedar
and
cypress
timber.
5:9 My
servants
shall
bring
it
down
to
the
sea
from
Lebanon,
and
I
will
make
it
into
rafts
to
go
by
sea
to
the
place
you
direct.
And
I
will
have
them
broken
up
there,
and
you
shall
receive
it.
And
you
shall
meet
my
wishes
by
providing
food
for
my
household."
5:10 So
Hiram
supplied
Solomon
with
all
the
timber
of
cedar
and
cypress
that
he
desired,
5:11 while
Solomon
gave
Hiram
20,000
cors
of
wheat
as
food
for
his
household,
and
20,000
cors
of
beaten
oil.
Solomon
gave
this
to
Hiram
year
by
year.
5:12 And
the
LORD
gave
Solomon
wisdom,
as
he
promised
him.
And
there
was
peace
between
Hiram
and
Solomon,
and
the
two
of
them
made
a
treaty.
5:13 King
Solomon
drafted
forced
labor
out
of
all
Israel,
and
the
draft
numbered
30,000
men.
5:14 And
he
sent
them
to
Lebanon,
10,000
a
month
in
shifts.
They
would
be
a
month
in
Lebanon
and
two
months
at
home.
Adoniram
was
in
charge
of
the
draft.
5:15 Solomon
also
had
70,000
burden-bearers
and
80,000
stonecutters
in
the
hill
country,
5:16 besides
Solomon's
3,300
chief
officers
who
were
over
the
work,
who
had
charge
of
the
people
who
carried
on
the
work.
5:17 At
the
king's
command
they
quarried
out
great,
costly
stones
in
order
to
lay
the
foundation
of
the
house
with
dressed
stones.
5:18 So
Solomon's
builders
and
Hiram's
builders
and
the
men
of
Gebal
did
the
cutting
and
prepared
the
timber
and
the
stone
to
build
the
house.