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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 Brenton's Septuagint Translation</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="../">Brenton</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Brenton's Septuagint Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/5-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Preparations for the Temple<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And Chiram king of Tyre sent his servants to anoint Solomon in the room of David his father, because Chiram always loved David. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And Solomon sent to Chiram, saying, <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Thou knewest my father David, that he could not build a house to the name of the Lord my God because of the wars that compassed him about, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And now the Lord my God has given me rest round about; there is no one plotting against <i>me</i>, and there is no evil trespass <i>against me</i>. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And, behold, I intend to build a house to the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord God spoke to my father David, saying, Thy son whom I will set on thy throne in thy place, he shall build a house to my name. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And now command, and let <i>men</i> cut wood for me out of Libanus: and, behold, my servants <i>shall be</i> with thy servants, and I will give thee the wages of thy service, according to all that thou shalt say, because thou knowest that we have no one skilled in cutting timber like the Sidonians.<p> <A name="8"></a><p class="hdg">Hiram’s Reply to Solomon<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And it came to pass, as soon as Chiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed <i>be</i> God to-day, who has given to David a wise son over this numerous people. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And he sent to Solomon, saying, I have listened concerning all that thou hast sent to me for: I will do all thy will: <i>as for</i> timber of cedar and fir, <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>my servants shall bring them down from Libanus to the sea: I will form them <i>into</i> rafts, <i>and bring them</i> to the place which thou shalt send to me <i>about</i>; and I will land them there, and thou shalt take <i>them</i> up: and thou shalt do my will, in giving bread to my household. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So Chiram gave to Solomon cedars, and fir trees, and all his desire. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And Solomon gave to Chiram twenty thousand measures of wheat as food for his house, and twenty thousand baths of beaten oil thus Solomon gave to Chiram yearly. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And the Lord gave wisdom to Solomon as he promised him; and there was peace between Chiram and Solomon, and they made a covenant between them.<p> <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">Solomon’s Labor Force<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And the king raised a levy out of all Israel, and the levy was thirty thousand men. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And he sent them to Libanus, ten thousand taking turn every month: they were a month in Libanus and two months at home: and Adoniram <i>was</i> over the levy. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And Solomon had seventy thousand bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the mountain; <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>besides the rulers that were appointed over the works of Solomon, <i>there were</i> three thousand six hundred masters who wrought in the works. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><font color=blue>(OMITTED TEXT)</font> <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And they prepared the stones and the timber <i>during</i> three years.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_kings/4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_kings/6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 6" /></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="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>