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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/1_kings/5.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Preparations for Building the Temple</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>When Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king to succeed his father David, he sent his envoys to Solomon, because he had always been on friendly terms with David. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Solomon sent back this message to Hiram:</p> <p class="emb"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“You know that because of the wars waged against my father David from all sides, he could not build a temple for the Name of the <span class="name">Lord</span> his God until the <span class="name">Lord</span> put his enemies under his feet. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But now the <span class="name">Lord</span> my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or disaster. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I intend, therefore, to build a temple for the Name of the <span class="name">Lord</span> my God, as the <span class="name">Lord</span> told my father David, when he said, ‘Your son whom I will put on the throne in your place will build the temple for my Name.’</p> <p class="emb"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“So give orders that cedars of Lebanon be cut for me. My men will work with yours, and I will pay you for your men whatever wages you set. You know that we have no one so skilled in felling timber as the Sidonians.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When Hiram heard Solomon’s message, he was greatly pleased and said, “Praise be to the <span class="name">Lord</span> today, for he has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>So Hiram sent word to Solomon:</p><p class="emb">“I have received the message you sent me and will do all you want in providing the cedar and juniper logs. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>My men will haul them down from Lebanon to the Mediterranean Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. 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.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>In this way Hiram kept Solomon supplied with all the cedar and juniper logs he wanted, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand cors <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, probably about 3,600 tons or about 3,250 metric tons">a</a></sup></span> of wheat as food for his household, in addition to twenty thousand baths <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Septuagint (see also 2 Chron. 2:10); Hebrew twenty cors">b</a></sup></span> <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, about 120,000 gallons or about 440,000 liters">c</a></sup></span> of pressed olive oil. Solomon continued to do this for Hiram year after year. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> gave Solomon wisdom, just as he had promised him. There were peaceful relations between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>King Solomon conscripted laborers from all Israel—thirty thousand men. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He sent them off to Lebanon in shifts of ten thousand a month, so that they spent one month in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Solomon had seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hills, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>as well as thirty-three hundred <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 2 Chron. 2:2,18) thirty-six hundred">d</a></sup></span> foremen who supervised the project and directed the workers. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>At the king’s command they removed from the quarry large blocks of high-grade stone to provide a foundation of dressed stone for the temple. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The craftsmen of Solomon and Hiram and workers from Byblos cut and prepared the timber and stone for the building of the temple.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, probably about 3,600 tons or about 3,250 metric tons</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotebot">Septuagint (see also 2 Chron. 2:10); Hebrew <i>twenty cors</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, about 120,000 gallons or about 440,000 liters</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotebot">Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 2 Chron. 2:2,18) <i>thirty-six hundred</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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