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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>1 Kings 5 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_kings/5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_kings/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > 1 Kings 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_kings/4.htm" title="1 Kings 4">◄</a> 1 Kings 5 <a href="../1_kings/6.htm" title="1 Kings 6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">Solomon Prepares to Build the Temple</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="2CH 2:1-18">2 Chronicles 2.1-18</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v11_5_1"><span class="reftext" id="1Kgs.5.1" class="v11_5_1">1</span>King Hiram of Tyre had always been a friend of David's, and when he heard that Solomon had succeeded his father David as king, he sent ambassadors to him. </span><span class="v11_5_2"><span class="reftext" id="1Kgs.5.2" class="v11_5_2">2</span>Solomon sent back this message to Hiram: </span><span class="v11_5_3"><span class="reftext" id="1Kgs.5.3" class="v11_5_3">3</span>“You know that because of the constant wars my father David had to fight against the enemy countries all around him, he could not build a temple for the worship of the <span class="nd">Lord</span> his God until the <span class="nd">Lord</span> had given him victory over all his enemies. </span><span class="v11_5_4"><span class="reftext" id="1Kgs.5.4" class="v11_5_4">4</span>But now the <span class="nd">Lord</span> my God has given me peace on all my borders. I have no enemies, and there is no danger of attack. </span><span class="v11_5_5"><span class="reftext" id="1Kgs.5.5" class="v11_5_5">5</span><a href="#fn" id="link_1Kgs.5.5!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The <span class="nd">Lord</span> promised my father David, ‘Your son, whom I will make king after you, will build a temple for me.’ And I have now decided to build that temple for the worship of the <span class="nd">Lord</span> my God. </span><span class="v11_5_6"><span class="reftext" id="1Kgs.5.6" class="v11_5_6">6</span>So send your men to Lebanon to cut down cedars for me. My men will work with them, and I will pay your men whatever you decide. As you well know, my men don't know how to cut down trees as well as yours do.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v11_5_7"><span class="reftext" id="1Kgs.5.7" class="v11_5_7">7</span>Hiram was extremely pleased when he received Solomon's message, and he said, “Praise the <span class="nd">Lord</span> today for giving David such a wise son to succeed him as king of that great nation!” </span><span class="v11_5_8"><span class="reftext" id="1Kgs.5.8" class="v11_5_8">8</span>Then Hiram sent Solomon the following message: “I have received your message, and I am ready to do what you ask. I will provide the cedars and the pine trees. </span><span class="v11_5_9"><span class="reftext" id="1Kgs.5.9" class="v11_5_9">9</span>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.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v11_5_10"><span class="reftext" id="1Kgs.5.10" class="v11_5_10">10</span>So Hiram supplied Solomon with all the cedar and pine logs that he wanted, </span><span class="v11_5_11"><span class="reftext" id="1Kgs.5.11" class="v11_5_11">11</span>and Solomon provided Hiram with 100,000 bushels of wheat and 110,000 gallons<a href="#fn" id="link_1Kgs.5.11!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> of pure olive oil every year to feed his men.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v11_5_12"><span class="reftext" id="1Kgs.5.12" class="v11_5_12">12</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> kept his promise and gave Solomon wisdom. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they made a treaty with each other.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v11_5_13"><span class="reftext" id="1Kgs.5.13" class="v11_5_13">13</span>King Solomon drafted 30,000 men as forced labor from all over Israel, </span><span class="v11_5_14"><span class="reftext" id="1Kgs.5.14" class="v11_5_14">14</span><a href="#fn" id="link_1Kgs.5.14!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> and put Adoniram in charge of them. He divided them into three groups of 10,000 men, and each group spent one month in Lebanon and two months back home. </span><span class="v11_5_15"><span class="reftext" id="1Kgs.5.15" class="v11_5_15">15</span>Solomon also had 80,000 stone cutters in the hill country, with 70,000 men to carry the stones, </span><span class="v11_5_16"><span class="reftext" id="1Kgs.5.16" class="v11_5_16">16</span>and he placed 3,300 foremen in charge of them to supervise their work. </span><span class="v11_5_17"><span class="reftext" id="1Kgs.5.17" class="v11_5_17">17</span>At King Solomon's command they cut fine large stones for the foundation of the Temple. </span><span class="v11_5_18"><span class="reftext" id="1Kgs.5.18" class="v11_5_18">18</span>Solomon's and Hiram's workers and men from the city of Byblos prepared the stones and the timber to build the Temple.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">5.11: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some ancient translations (and see 2 Ch 2.10) </char><char style="fq" closed="false">110,000 gallons; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">1,100 gallons.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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