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1 Kings 5 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Alliance with King Hiram

(2Ch 2:1–18 )

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:1 - Now Hiram, king of Tyre, hearing that Solomon had been made king in place of his father, sent his servants to him; for Hiram had ever been a friend to David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:2 - And Solomon sent back word to Hiram, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:3 - You have knowledge that David my father was not able to make a house for the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars which were round him on every side, till the Lord put all those who were against him under his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:4 - But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side; no one is making trouble, and no evil is taking place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:5 - And so it is my purpose to make a house for the name of the Lord my God, as he said to David my father, Your son, whom I will make king in your place, will be the builder of a house for my name.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:6 - So now, will you have cedar-trees from Lebanon cut down for me, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you payment for your servants at whatever rate you say; for it is common knowledge that we have no such wood-cutters among us as the men of Zidon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:7 - And these words of Solomon made Hiram glad, and he said, Now may the Lord be praised who has given to David a wise son to be king over this great people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:8 - Then Hiram sent to Solomon, saying; The words you sent have been given to me: I will do all your desire in the question of cedar-wood and cypress-wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:9 - My men will take them down from Lebanon to the sea, where I will have them corded together to go by sea to whatever place you say, and I will have them cut up there so that you may take them away; as for payment, it will be enough if you give me food for my people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:10 - So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar-wood and cypress-wood he had need of;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:11 - And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of grain, as food for his people, and twenty measures of clear oil; this he did every year.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:12 - Now the Lord had given Solomon wisdom, as he had said to him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they made an agreement together.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:13 - Then King Solomon got together men for the forced work through all Israel, thirty thousand men in number;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:14 - And sent them to Lebanon in bands of ten thousand every month: for a month they were working in Lebanon and for two months in their country, and Adoniram was in control of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:15 - Then he had seventy thousand for the work of transport, and eighty thousand stone-cutters in the mountains;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:16 - In addition to the chiefs of the responsible men put by Solomon to oversee the work, three thousand and three hundred in authority over the workmen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:17 - By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:18 - Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did the work of cutting them, and put edges on them, and got the wood and the stone ready for the building of the house.
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1 Kings Chapter 5 — Additional Translations:

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