1 Kings 5 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Covenant with Hiram King of Tyre

(2Ch 2:1–18 )

[fn]Then Hiram^H2438 king^H4428 of Tyre^H6865 sent^H7971 his servants^H5650 to Solomon^H8010, when^H3588 he heard^H8085 that they had anointed^H4886 him king^H4428 in^H8478 place^H8478 of^H8478 his father^H1, for Hiram^H2438 had^H1961 [fn]always^H3605^H3117 been^H1961 one^H157 who^H157 loved^H157 David^H1732.

1Ki 5:2

1Ki 5:2And Solomon sent word to Hiram, saying,

1Ki 5:3

1Ki 5:3“You know that David my father was unable to build a house for the name of Yahweh his God because of the wars which surrounded him, until Yahweh put them under the soles of his feet.

1Ki 5:4

1Ki 5:4“But now Yahweh my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor [fn]calamity.

1Ki 5:5

1Ki 5:5“So behold, I [fn]intend to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, as Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he will build the house for My name.’

1Ki 5:6

1Ki 5:6“So now, command that they cut for me cedars from Lebanon, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants according to all that you say, for you know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”

1Ki 5:7

Now it happened, when Hiram^H2438 heard^H8085 the words^H1697 of Solomon^H8010, he was very^H3966 glad^H8055 and said^H559, “Blessed^H1288 be Yahweh^H3068 today^H3117, who^H834 has given^H5414 to David^H1732 a wise^H2450 son^H1121 over^H5921 this^H2088 great^H7227 people^H5971.”

1Ki 5:8

1Ki 5:8So Hiram sent word to Solomon, saying, “I have heard the message which you have sent me; I will do [fn]what you desire concerning the cedar and cypress timber.

1Ki 5:9

1Ki 5:9“My servants will bring them down from Lebanon to the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place where you [fn]direct me, and I will have them broken up there, and you shall carry them away. Then you shall accomplish my desire by giving food to my household.”

1Ki 5:10

1Ki 5:10So [fn]Hiram [fn]gave Solomon [fn]as much as he desired of the cedar and cypress timber.

1Ki 5:11

1Ki 5:11Solomon then gave Hiram [fn]20,000 kors of wheat as food for his household, and [fn]20 kors of beaten oil; thus Solomon would give Hiram year by year.

1Ki 5:12

1Ki 5:12Now Yahweh gave wisdom to Solomon, just as He [fn]promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them cut a covenant.

1Ki 5:13

And King^H4428 Solomon^H8010 raised^H5927 up^H5927 forced^H4522 laborers^H4522 from all^H3605 Israel^H3478; and the forced^H4522 laborers^H4522 [fn]numbered^H1961 30,000^H7970^H505 men^H376.

1Ki 5:14

1Ki 5:14And he sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month in [fn]shifts; they were in Lebanon a month and two months at home. And Adoniram was over the forced laborers.

1Ki 5:15

1Ki 5:15And Solomon had 70,000 [fn]who carried loads, and 80,000 hewers of stone in the mountains,

1Ki 5:16

1Ki 5:16besides Solomon’s 3,300 chief deputies who were over the [fn]project and who ruled over the people who were doing the work.

1Ki 5:17

1Ki 5:17Then the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, precious stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones.

1Ki 5:18

1Ki 5:18So Solomon’s builders and [fn]Hiram’s builders and the Gebalites [fn]carved them out, and prepared the timbers and the stones to build the house.