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There I will separate them and you can take them away. And you are to grant my wish by providing food for my royal household.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/1_kings/5.htm">New Living Translation</a> My servants will bring the logs from the Lebanon mountains to the Mediterranean Sea and make them into rafts and float them along the coast to whatever place you choose. Then we will break the rafts apart so you can carry the logs away. You can pay me by supplying me with food for my household.” <a href="/esv/1_kings/5.htm">English Standard Version</a> My servants shall bring it down to the sea from Lebanon, and I will make it into rafts to go by sea to the place you direct. And I will have them broken up there, and you shall receive it. And you shall meet my wishes by providing food for my household.” <a href="/bsb/1_kings/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, 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 href="/kjv/1_kings/5.htm">King James Bible</a> My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household. <a href="/nkjv/1_kings/5.htm">New King James Version</a> My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea; I will float them in rafts by sea to the place you indicate to me, and will have them broken apart there; then you can take them away. And you shall fulfill my desire by giving food for my household. <a href="/nasb_/1_kings/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> My servants will bring the timbers down from Lebanon to the sea; and I will have them made into rafts to go by sea to the place where you direct me, and I will have them broken up there, and you will carry them away. Then you shall do what I wish, by giving food to my household.” <a href="/nasb/1_kings/5.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220My 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.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/1_kings/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “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.” <a href="/lsb/1_kings/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> 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.” <a href="/amp/1_kings/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a> My servants will bring the logs down from Lebanon to the [Mediterranean] sea, and I will have them made into rafts to go by sea to the place (port) that you direct me; then I will have them broken up there, and you shall carry them away. Then you shall return the favor by providing food for my household.” <a href="/csb/1_kings/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> 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 href="/hcsb/1_kings/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> 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.&#8221 <a href="/asv/1_kings/5.htm">American Standard Version</a> My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and thou shalt receive them; and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household. <a href="/cev/1_kings/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> My workers will carry them down from Lebanon to the Mediterranean Sea. They will tie the logs together and float them along the coast to wherever you want them. Then they will untie the logs, and your workers can take them from there. To pay for the logs, you can provide the grain I need for my household. <a href="/erv/1_kings/5.htm">English Revised Version</a> My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will make them into rafts to go by sea unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household. <a href="/gwt/1_kings/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> My workers will bring logs from Lebanon to the sea, and I will have them make them into rafts to go by sea to any place you specify. There I will have them taken apart, and you can use them. You can pay me by providing food for my palace." <a href="/gnt/1_kings/5.htm">Good News Translation</a> My men will bring the logs down from Lebanon to the sea and will tie them together in rafts to float them down the coast to the place you choose. There my men will untie them, and your men will take charge of them. On your part, I would like you to supply the food for my men." <a href="/isv/1_kings/5.htm">International Standard Version</a> My servants will transport them from Lebanon to the sea, where we'll make them into rafts and float them by sea to the port that you tell me to send them. We'll have them prepared for transport there and then you can carry them from there. You can meet my needs by providing provisions for my household." <a href="/msb/1_kings/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, 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 href="/net/1_kings/5.htm">NET Bible</a> My servants will bring the timber down from Lebanon to the sea. I will send it by sea in raft-like bundles to the place you designate. There I will separate the logs and you can carry them away. In exchange you will supply the food I need for my royal court." <a href="/nheb/1_kings/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea. I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place that you shall appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and you shall receive them. You shall accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household." <a href="/wbt/1_kings/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats to the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household. <a href="/web/1_kings/5.htm">World English Bible</a> My servants will bring them down from Lebanon to the sea. I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place that you specify to me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and you will receive them. You will accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_kings/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> my servants bring [them] down from Lebanon to the sea, and I make them floats in the sea to the place that you send to me, and I have spread them out there; and you take [them] up, and you execute my desire, to give the food [for] my house.” <a href="/ylt/1_kings/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> my servants bring down from Lebanon to the sea, and I make them floats in the sea unto the place that thou sendest unto me, and I have spread them out there; and thou dost take them up, and thou dost execute my desire, to give the food of my house.' <a href="/slt/1_kings/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> My servants shall bring from Lebanon to the sea, and I will put them on rafts upon the sea, even to the place where thou wilt send to me; and I dispersed them there, and thou shalt lift up and thou shalt do my pleasure to give bread to my house.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_kings/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> My servants shall bring them down from Libanus to the sea: and I will put them together in floats in the sea, and convey them to the place, which thou shalt signify to me; and will land them there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt allow me necessaries, to furnish food for my household. <a href="/cpdv/1_kings/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea. And I will arrange them together as rafts on the sea, as far as the place that you will indicate to me. And I will land them there, and you will take them. And you shall offer to me what is necessary to give food to my house.” <a href="/nabre/1_kings/5.htm">New American Bible</a> My servants shall bring them down from the Lebanon to the sea, and I will arrange them into rafts in the sea and bring them wherever you say. There I will break up the rafts, and you shall take the lumber. You, for your part, shall furnish the provisions I desire for my household.” <a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> My servants shall bring it down to the sea from the Lebanon; I will make it into rafts to go by sea to the place you indicate. I will have them broken up there for you to take away. And you shall meet my needs by providing food for my household.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea, and I will convey them by sea in floats to the place that you shall appoint me, and I will cause them to be discharged there, and you shall receive them from there; and you shall also accomplish my desire in giving food for my household. <a href="/hpbt/1_kings/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> My Servants will go down from Lebanon to the sea and I shall I make them rafts in the sea unto the region that you will send to me and I shall put them there and you shall fetch them from there, and you will accomplish also my desire, and you shall give bread to my household.”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_kings/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and thou shalt receive them; and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.' <a href="/sep/1_kings/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> my servants shall bring them down from Libanus to the sea: I will form them into rafts, and bring them to the place which thou shalt send to me about; and I will land them there, and thou shalt take them up: and thou shalt do my will, in giving bread to my household. <a href="/parallel/1_kings/5-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=1840" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_kings/5.htm">Hiram's Reply</a> …8Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying: “I have received your message; I will do all you desire regarding the cedar and cypress timber. 9<a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: ‘ă·ḇā·ḏay (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">My servants</a> <a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: yō·ri·ḏū (V-Hifil-Imperf-3mp) -- To come or go down, descend. ">will haul the logs</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/3844.htm" title="3844: hal·lə·ḇā·nō·wn (Art:: N-proper-fs) -- A wooded mountain range on the N. border of Isr. From lbab; white mountain; Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine.">Lebanon</a> <a href="/hebrew/3220.htm" title="3220: yām·māh (N-ms:: 3fs) -- A sea or large body of water; specifically, the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river.">to the Sea,</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: wa·’ă·nî (Conj-w:: Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">and I</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: ’ă·śî·mêm (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs:: 3mp) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">will float them</a> <a href="/hebrew/1702.htm" title="1702: dō·ḇə·rō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Floats, rafts. Feminine active participle of dabar in the sense of driving; a raft.">as rafts</a> <a href="/hebrew/3220.htm" title="3220: bay·yām (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A sea or large body of water; specifically, the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river.">by sea</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: ham·mā·qō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">the place</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: tiš·laḥ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">you specify.</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">There</a> <a href="/hebrew/5310.htm" title="5310: wə·nip·paṣ·tîm (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-1cs:: 3mp) -- To dash to pieces, scatter. A primitive root; to dash to pieces, or scatter.">I will separate the logs,</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: wə·’at·tāh (Conj-w:: Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">and you</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: ṯiś·śā (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">can take them away.</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: wə·’at·tāh (Conj-w:: Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">And in exchange, you</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ta·‘ă·śeh (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">can meet</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2656.htm" title="2656: ḥep̄·ṣî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Delight, pleasure. From chaphets; pleasure; hence desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence a matter.">my needs</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: lā·ṯêṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">by providing</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bê·ṯî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">my household</a> <a href="/hebrew/3899.htm" title="3899: le·ḥem (N-msc) -- Bread, food. From lacham; food, especially bread, or grain.">with food.”</a> 10So Hiram provided Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber he wanted,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_chronicles/2-16.htm">2 Chronicles 2:16</a> We will cut logs from Lebanon, as many as you need, and we will float them to you as rafts by sea down to Joppa. Then you can take them up to Jerusalem.” <a href="/1_kings/10-22.htm">1 Kings 10:22</a> For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. <a href="/2_chronicles/9-21.htm">2 Chronicles 9:21</a> For the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. <a href="/1_kings/9-27.htm">1 Kings 9:27-28</a> And Hiram sent his servants, sailors who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants. / They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon. <a href="/2_chronicles/8-18.htm">2 Chronicles 8:18</a> So Hiram sent him ships captained by his servants, along with crews of experienced sailors. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir and acquired from there 450 talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon. <a href="/1_kings/10-11.htm">1 Kings 10:11</a> (The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones. <a href="/2_chronicles/9-10.htm">2 Chronicles 9:10</a> (The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones. <a href="/isaiah/60-9.htm">Isaiah 60:9</a> Surely the islands will wait for Me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified you. <a href="/ezekiel/27-25.htm">Ezekiel 27:25</a> The ships of Tarshish carried your merchandise. And you were filled with heavy cargo in the heart of the sea. <a href="/acts/27-6.htm">Acts 27:6</a> There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board. <a href="/acts/21-2.htm">Acts 21:2-3</a> Finding a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we boarded it and set sail. / After sighting Cyprus and passing south of it, we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre, where the ship was to unload its cargo. <a href="/acts/20-13.htm">Acts 20:13-14</a> We went on ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, where we were to take Paul aboard. He had arranged this because he was going there on foot. / And when he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene. <a href="/acts/18-18.htm">Acts 18:18-21</a> Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head shaved in Cenchrea to keep a vow he had made, and then he sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. / When they reached Ephesus, Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue there and reasoned with the Jews. / When they asked him to stay for a while longer, he declined. ... <a href="/acts/16-11.htm">Acts 16:11</a> We sailed from Troas straight to Samothrace, and the following day on to Neapolis. <a href="/acts/14-26.htm">Acts 14:26</a> From Attalia they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had just completed.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats to the place that you shall appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and you shall receive them: and you shall accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.Lebanon<a href="/deuteronomy/3-25.htm">Deuteronomy 3:25</a> I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.and I will<a href="/2_chronicles/2-16.htm">2 Chronicles 2:16</a> And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.appoint [heb] send <a href="/2_chronicles/1-15.htm">2 Chronicles 1:15</a> And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance.<a href="/ezra/3-7.htm">Ezra 3:7</a> They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.<a href="/ezekiel/27-17.htm">Ezekiel 27:17</a> Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_samuel/3-9.htm">Accomplish</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-6.htm">Appoint</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-35.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-7.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-19.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/romans/1-11.htm">Convey</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-8.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-3.htm">Direct</a> <a href="/romans/7-6.htm">Discharged</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-16.htm">Floats</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-27.htm">Food</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-7.htm">Household</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-6.htm">Lebanon</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-16.htm">Rafts</a> <a href="/2_samuel/18-31.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-29.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-6.htm">Servants</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/8-13.htm">Accomplish</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-7.htm">Appoint</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-8.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-12.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-31.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-16.htm">Convey</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-10.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-14.htm">Direct</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/25-10.htm">Discharged</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-16.htm">Floats</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-11.htm">Food</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-11.htm">Household</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-14.htm">Lebanon</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-16.htm">Rafts</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-64.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-23.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-23.htm">Servants</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 5</div>1. <a href="/1_kings/5-1.htm">Hiram, sending to congratulate Solomon, is desired to furnish him with timber</a> 7. <a href="/1_kings/5-7.htm">Hiram, blessing God for Solomon, furnishes him with trees.</a> 13. <a href="/1_kings/5-13.htm">The number of Solomon's workmen and laborers</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The logs from Lebanon refer to the famous cedars, known for their quality and durability, which were highly prized in the ancient world. Lebanon's cedar forests were renowned, and their wood was used for significant construction projects, including temples and palaces. The use of "my servants" indicates the organized labor force under Hiram's command, showcasing the political and economic alliances of the time. This collaboration reflects the peaceful relations between Israel and its neighbors during Solomon's reign, a period marked by prosperity and extensive building projects.and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify The transportation of logs by sea was a practical solution to the challenges of moving large timber over long distances. The Mediterranean Sea provided a natural route for such transportation. This method of floating logs as rafts was efficient and minimized the risk of damage during transit. The phrase "to the place you specify" indicates Solomon's authority and the careful planning involved in the construction of the Temple in Jerusalem. This logistical detail underscores the advanced engineering and organizational skills of the time, as well as the importance of the Temple project.There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away Once the logs reached their destination, they would be separated and prepared for use in construction. This process required skilled labor and careful handling to ensure the wood's integrity. The phrase "you can take them away" signifies the transfer of materials from Hiram's control to Solomon's, highlighting the trust and cooperation between the two kings. This exchange also reflects the broader theme of mutual benefit and resource sharing, which was essential for the success of large-scale projects in the ancient Near East.And in exchange, you can meet my needs by providing my household with food This part of the agreement illustrates the barter system common in ancient economies, where goods and services were exchanged without the use of currency. Hiram's request for food supplies for his household indicates the interdependence between the two kingdoms. The provision of food was a significant contribution, as it supported not only Hiram's household but also the workers involved in the logging and transportation process. This exchange highlights the economic and diplomatic relationships that were crucial for maintaining peace and prosperity in the region. The mutual benefit of this arrangement reflects the wisdom and strategic thinking attributed to Solomon, aligning with the biblical portrayal of his reign as a time of unprecedented peace and wealth.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a> The King of Israel, known for his wisdom and for building the temple in Jerusalem. 2. <a href="/topical/h/hiram.htm">Hiram</a> The King of Tyre, who was a friend of David and provided materials for Solomon's temple. 3. <a href="/topical/l/lebanon.htm">Lebanon</a> A region known for its cedar trees, which were highly valued for construction. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_sea.htm">The Sea</a> Refers to the Mediterranean Sea, used as a route for transporting the logs. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_temple_construction.htm">The Temple Construction</a> The event of building the temple in Jerusalem, a significant project in Israel's history.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_cooperation.htm">The Importance of Cooperation</a> The partnership between Solomon and Hiram demonstrates the value of working together for a common goal. In our lives, we should seek to build relationships that honor God and further His purposes. <a href="/topical/r/resource_management.htm">Resource Management</a> Solomon's strategic use of resources and trade agreements teaches us the importance of wise stewardship. We should manage our resources in a way that glorifies God and meets the needs of others. <a href="/topical/g/god's_provision.htm">God's Provision</a> The successful transport and exchange of goods remind us of God's provision. Trust in God's ability to provide for our needs, often through the cooperation and generosity of others. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_planning.htm">The Role of Planning</a> The detailed planning involved in transporting the logs shows the importance of preparation in achieving our goals. We should plan carefully and seek God's guidance in our endeavors. <a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_the_temple.htm">The Significance of the Temple</a> The construction of the temple was a monumental task that required dedication and resources. It serves as a reminder of the importance of dedicating our best efforts to the work of God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 5</a> <a href="/q/evidence_of_cedar_shipments_in_1_kings.htm">Is there archaeological evidence for the massive cedar shipments from Lebanon described in 1 Kings 5:6–10? </a> <a href="/q/how_did_solomon_get_gold_for_the_sanctuary.htm">2 Chronicles 3:8 – How did Solomon acquire and transport enough gold to overlay the inner sanctuary entirely? </a> <a href="/q/could_they_get_cedar_from_lebanon.htm">(Ezra 3:7) Could a newly returned, resource-strapped community realistically acquire and transport large quantities of cedar from Lebanon?</a> <a href="/q/did_psalm_83_nations_unite_against_israel.htm">Does the historical or archaeological record confirm that the nations listed in Psalm 83:6-8 ever formed a united conspiracy against Israel?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) Shall bring them.--The timber was to be carried down, or, perhaps, let down on slides along the face of the mountain towards the sea, and brought round by rafts to Joppa (<a href="/2_chronicles/2-16.htm" title="And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you shall need: and we will bring it to you in floats by sea to Joppa; and you shall carry it up to Jerusalem.">2Chronicles 2:16</a>), to save the enormous cost and difficulty of land carriage. The grant of "food for his household" in return (instead of "hire") brings out that which is recorded so many ages afterwards in <a href="/acts/12-20.htm" title="And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.">Acts 12:20</a>--that the country of the Tyrians was "nourished" by Palestine. The commerce and wealth of the Tyrians collected a large population; the narrow slip of land along the coast, backed by Lebanon, must have been, in any case, insufficient to maintain them; an<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 9. - My servants shall bring them [No word in the Hebrew; "Timber of Cedar," etc., must be supplied or understood from the preceding verse] down [It is generally a steep descent from the cedar grove, and indeed all the Lebanon district, to the coast] from Lebanon unto the sea [This must have been a great undertaking. The cedars are ten hours distant from Tripoli, and the road must always have been a bad one. ("What a road it is for mortals. In some spots it seems to have been intended for mountain goats only ..... It winds up sublime glens, and zigzags up rocky acclivities, and passes over stone-strewn terraces," etc. (Porter, Handbook, p. 583.) To the writer it appeared to be the most rugged and dangerous road in Palestine. It is possible that the timber was collected and floated at Gebal (Biblus. See note on ver. 18). Beyrout, the present port of the Lebanon, is 27 hours distant via Tripoli. But cedars would then, no doubt, be found nearer the sea. And the ancients (as the stones of Baalbek, etc., prove) were not altogether deficient in mechanical appliances. The transport of cedars to the Mediterranean would be an easy undertaking compared with the carriage of them to Nineveh, and we know from the inscriptions that they were imported by the Assyrian kings] and I will convey them by sea in floats [Heb. "I will make (or put) them rafts in the sea." This was the primitive, as it was the obvious, way, of conveying timber, among Greeks and Romans, as well as among Eastern races. The reader will probably have seen such rafts on the Rhine or other river] unto the place which thou shalt appoint [Heb. send] me [In <a href="/2_chronicles/2-16.htm">2 Chronicles 2:16</a>, Hiram assumes that this place will be Joppa, now Yafo, the port of Jerusalem, and 40 miles distant from the Holy City. The transport over these 40 miles, also of most rugged and trying road, must have involved, if possible, a still greater toil than that from Lebanon to the sea] and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish [Heb. do, same word as in ver. 8, and probably used designedly - "I will perform thy desire.., and thou shalt perform my desire." There shall be a strict quid pro quo] my desire, in giving food for my household [Hiram states in his reply in what shape he would prefer the hire promised by Solomon (ver. 6). The food for the royal household must be carefully distinguished from the food given to the workmen (<a href="/2_chronicles/2-10.htm">2 Chronicles 2:10</a>). The fact that 20,000 ears of wheat formed a part of each has led to their being confounded (e.g. in the marginal references). It is noticeable that when the second temple was built, cedar wood was again brought to Jerusalem, rid Joppa, in return for "meat and drink and oil unto them of Zidon" (<a href="/ezra/3-7.htm">Ezra 3:7</a>). The selection of food as the hire of his servants by Hiram almost amounts to an undesigned coincidence. Their narrow strip of cornland, between the roots of Lebanon and the coast - Phoenicia proper ("the great plain of the city of Sidon," Josephus. Ant. 5:03, 1) is only 28 miles long, with an average breadth of one mile-compelled the importation of corn and oil. Ezekiel (Ezekiel 27:17) mentions wheat, honey, oil, and balm as exported from Palestine to the markets of Tyre. It has been justly remarked that the fact that Phoenicia was thus dependent upon Palestine for its breadstuffs explains the unbroken peace that prevailed between the two countries (Heeren. See Dict. Bib. if. p. 865). <a href="/commentaries/1_kings/5-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>My servants עֲ֠בָדַי (‘ă·ḇā·ḏay) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> Slave, servant will haul the logs יֹרִ֨דוּ (yō·ri·ḏū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> To come or go down, descend from מִן־ (min-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of Lebanon הַלְּבָנ֜וֹן (hal·lə·ḇā·nō·wn) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3844.htm">Strong's 3844: </a> Lebanon -- a wooded mountain range on the northern border of Israel to the sea, יָ֗מָּה (yām·māh) Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3220.htm">Strong's 3220: </a> A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin and I וַ֠אֲנִי (wa·’ă·nî) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> I will float them אֲשִׂימֵ֨ם (’ă·śî·mêm) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> Put -- to put, place, set in rafts דֹּבְר֤וֹת (dō·ḇə·rō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1702.htm">Strong's 1702: </a> Floats, rafts by sea בַּיָּם֙ (bay·yām) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3220.htm">Strong's 3220: </a> A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin to עַֽד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while the place הַמָּק֞וֹם (ham·mā·qō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> A standing, a spot, a condition you specify. תִּשְׁלַ֥ח (tiš·laḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> To send away, for, out There שָׁ֖ם (šām) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> There, then, thither I will separate [the logs], וְנִפַּצְתִּ֥ים (wə·nip·paṣ·tîm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5310.htm">Strong's 5310: </a> To dash to pieces, scatter and you וְאַתָּ֣ה (wə·’at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you can take them away. תִשָּׂ֑א (ṯiś·śā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> To lift, carry, take And in exchange, you וְאַתָּה֙ (wə·’at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you can meet תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה (ta·‘ă·śeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make my needs חֶפְצִ֔י (ḥep̄·ṣî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2656.htm">Strong's 2656: </a> Pleasure, desire, a valuable thing, a matter by providing לָתֵ֖ת (lā·ṯêṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set my household בֵּיתִֽי׃ (bê·ṯî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house with food.? לֶ֥חֶם (le·ḥem) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3899.htm">Strong's 3899: </a> Food, bread, grain <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/5-9.htm">1 Kings 5:9 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_kings/5-9.htm">1 Kings 5:9 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_kings/5-9.htm">1 Kings 5:9 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_kings/5-9.htm">1 Kings 5:9 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_kings/5-9.htm">1 Kings 5:9 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/5-9.htm">1 Kings 5:9 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/5-9.htm">1 Kings 5:9 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/5-9.htm">1 Kings 5:9 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/5-9.htm">1 Kings 5:9 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_kings/5-9.htm">1 Kings 5:9 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-9.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 5:9 My servants shall bring them down (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/5-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 5:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 5:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/5-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 5:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 5:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>