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This was because of the warfare all around him until the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> put his enemies under his feet.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.5.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.5.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> my God has now given me rest on every side; there is no enemy or misfortune.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.5.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.5.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So I plan to build a temple for the name of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> my God,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.5.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> according to what the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> promised my father David: ‘I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the temple for my name.’<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.5.5.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.5.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“Therefore, command that cedars from Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants’ wages according to whatever you say, for you know that not a man among us knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.5.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.5.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When Hiram heard Solomon’s words, he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> today!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.5.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> He has given David a wise son to be over this great people! ” <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.5.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying, “I have heard your message; I will do everything you want regarding the cedar and cypress timber. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.5.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>My servants will bring the logs down from Lebanon to the sea, and I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place you indicate. I will break them apart there, and you can take them away. You then can meet my needs by providing my household with food.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.5.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.5.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So Hiram provided Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber he wanted, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.5.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and Solomon provided Hiram with one hundred twenty thousand bushels<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Kings.5.11.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> of wheat as food for his household and one hundred twenty thousand gallons<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Kings.5.11.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> of oil from crushed olives.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.5.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Solomon did this for Hiram year after year.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.5.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> gave Solomon wisdom, as he had promised him.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.5.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.5.12.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><h3 class="head1">Solomon’s Workforce</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.5.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then King Solomon drafted forced laborers from all Israel;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.5.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> the labor force numbered thirty thousand men. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.5.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He sent ten thousand to Lebanon each month in shifts; one month they were in Lebanon, two months they were at home. Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.5.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Solomon had seventy thousand porters and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountains,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.5.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.5.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>not including his thirty-three hundred<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Kings.5.16.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> deputies<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.5.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> in charge of the work. They supervised the people doing the work. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.5.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.5.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.5.18" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>So Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.5.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> along with the Gebalites,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.5.18.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the temple’s construction.</p><br /><section id="footnotes-1_Kings.5" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.1_Kings.5.11.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.5.11">5:11</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">20,000 cors</span></aside><aside id="fn.1_Kings.5.11.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.5.11">5:11</a></span> LXX reads <span class="italic">20,000 baths</span> ; MT reads <span class="italic">20 cors</span></aside><aside id="fn.1_Kings.5.16.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.5.16">5:16</a></span> Some LXX mss read <span class="italic">3,600</span> ; 2Ch 2:2,18</aside><br /><section id="cross-references-1_Kings.5" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.5.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.5.1">5:1</a></span> 2Ch 2:3</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.5.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.5.1">5:1</a></span> 1Kg 1:34,39</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.5.1.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.5.1">5:1</a></span> 2Sm 5:11; 1Ch 14:1</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.5.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.5.3">5:3</a></span> 1Ch 28:2–3</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.5.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.5.4">5:4</a></span> 1Kg 4:24–25</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.5.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.5.5">5:5</a></span> 2Ch 2:4</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.5.5.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.5.5">5:5</a></span> 2Sm 7:12–13</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.5.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.5.6">5:6</a></span> 2Ch 2:8</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.5.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.5.7">5:7</a></span> 1Kg 10:9</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.5.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.5.9">5:9</a></span> 2Ch 2:16; Ezr 3:7</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.5.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.5.11">5:11</a></span> 2Ch 2:10</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.5.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.5.12">5:12</a></span> 1Kg 3:12</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.5.12.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.5.12">5:12</a></span> 1Kg 15:19</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.5.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.5.13">5:13</a></span> 1Kg 4:6; 9:15</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.5.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.5.15">5:15</a></span> 2Ch 2:17–18</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.5.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.5.16">5:16</a></span> 1Kg 9:23</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.5.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.5.17">5:17</a></span> 1Kg 6:7; 1Ch 22:2</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.5.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.5.18">5:18</a></span> 1Kg 5:6,9</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.5.18.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.5.18">5:18</a></span> Jos 13:5</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-1_Kings.5" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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