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My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging as the Sidonians.” <A name="8"></a><p class="hdg">Hiram’s Reply to Solomon<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../2_chronicles/2.htm#11">2 Chronicles 2:11–18</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When Hiram received Solomon’s message, he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the LORD this day! He has given David a wise son over this great people!” <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: <p class="tab1stline">“I have received your message; I will do all you desire regarding the cedar and cypress<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> timber. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away. And in exchange, you can meet my needs by providing my household with food.” <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><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, <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and year after year Solomon would provide Hiram with 20,000 cors of wheat<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> as food for his household, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as He had promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">Solomon’s Labor Force<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He sent them to Lebanon in monthly shifts of 10,000 men, so that they would spend one month in Lebanon and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor. <A name="16"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>not including his 3,300<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> foremen who supervised the workers. <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>pine</i> or <i>juniper</i> or <i>fir</i>; also in verse 10<br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> That is, the Mediterranean Sea, also called the Great Sea<br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <i>20,000 cors</i> is approximately 124,800 bushels or 4.4 million liters (probably about 3,800 tons or 3,400 metric tons of wheat).<br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> LXX (see also <a href="../2_chronicles/2.htm#10">2 Chronicles 2:10</a>); <i>20,000 baths</i> is approximately 116,000 gallons or 440,000 liters of olive oil; Hebrew <i>twenty cors of pure oil</i> or <i>twenty cors of pressed oil</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Forms of the Hebrew <i>berit</i> are translated in most passages as <i>covenant</i>.<br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> Hebrew; some LXX manuscripts <i>3,600</i>; see <a href="../2_chronicles/2.htm#18">2 Chronicles 2:18</a>.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="//majoritybible.com">The Holy Bible, Majority Standard Bible, MSB</a> is produced in cooperation with <a href="//biblehub.com">Bible Hub</a>, <a href="//discoverybible.com">Discovery Bible</a>, <a href="//openbible.com">OpenBible.com</a>, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. 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