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Alliance
with King Hiram |
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| 1 Kings 5:1 |
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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 had always been a friend of David. |
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| 1 Kings 5:2 |
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Then Solomon sent word to Hiram, saying, |
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| 1 Kings 5:3 |
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"You know that David my father was unable to
build a house for the name of the LORD his God because of the wars which surrounded
him, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet. |
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| 1 Kings 5:4 |
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But now the LORD my God has given me rest on
every side; there is neither adversary nor misfortune. |
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| 1 Kings 5:5 |
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Behold, I intend to build a house for the name
of the LORD my God, as the LORD 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.' |
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| 1 Kings 5:6 |
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Now therefore, 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." |
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| 1 Kings 5:7 |
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When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced
greatly and said, "Blessed be the LORD today, who has given to David a wise son
over this great people." |
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| 1 Kings 5:8 |
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So Hiram sent word to Solomon, saying, "I have
heard the message which you have sent me; I will do what you desire concerning
the cedar and cypress timber. |
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| 1 Kings 5:9 |
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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
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." |
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| 1 Kings 5:10 |
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So Hiram gave Solomon as much as he desired
of the cedar and cypress timber. |
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| 1 Kings 5:11 |
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Solomon then gave Hiram 20,000 kors of wheat
as food for his household, and twenty kors of beaten oil; thus Solomon would give
Hiram year by year. |
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| 1 Kings 5:12 |
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The LORD gave wisdom to Solomon, just as He
promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them
made a covenant. |
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Conscription
of Laborers |
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| 1 Kings 5:13 |
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Now King Solomon levied forced laborers from
all Israel; and the forced laborers numbered 30,000 men. |
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| 1 Kings 5:14 |
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He sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month in relays;
they were in Lebanon a month and two months at home. And Adoniram was over the
forced laborers. |
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| 1 Kings 5:15 |
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Now Solomon had 70,000 transporters, and 80,000
hewers of stone in the mountains, |
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| 1 Kings 5:16 |
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besides Solomon's 3,300 chief deputies who
were over the project and who ruled over the people who were doing the work. |
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| 1 Kings 5:17 |
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Then the king commanded, and they quarried great
stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones. |
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| 1 Kings 5:18 |
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So Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and
the Gebalites cut them, and prepared the timbers and the stones to build the house. |
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