Thematic Bible
1 Kings 5:1 (show verse)
1 Kings 5:2 (show verse)
Solomon sent this message to Hiram:
1 Kings 5:3 (show verse)
“You know my father David was not able to build a temple for the name of Yahweh his God. This was because of the warfare all around him until the Lord put his enemies under his feet.
1 Kings 5:4 (show verse)
The Lord my God has now given me rest all around; there is no enemy or crisis.
1 Kings 5:5 (show verse)
So I plan to build a temple for the name of Yahweh my God, according to what the Lord promised my father David: ‘I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the temple for My name.’
1 Kings 5:6 (show verse)
“Therefore, command that cedars from Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants’ wages according to whatever you say, for you know that not a man among us knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”
1 Kings 5:7 (show verse)
When Hiram heard Solomon’s words, he greatly rejoiced and said, “May the Lord be praised today! He has given David a wise son to be over this great people!”
1 Kings 5:8 (show verse)
Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying, “I have heard your message; I will do everything you want regarding the cedar and cypress timber.
1 Kings 5:9 (show verse)
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.”
1 Kings 5:10 (show verse)
So Hiram provided Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber he wanted,
1 Kings 5:11 (show verse)
and Solomon provided Hiram with 100,000 bushels of wheat as food for his household and 110,000 gallons of oil from crushed olives. Solomon did this for Hiram year after year.
1 Kings 5:12 (show verse)
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.
1 Kings 5:13 (show verse)
Then King Solomon drafted forced laborers from all Israel; the labor force numbered 30,000 men.
1 Kings 5:14 (show verse)
He sent 10,000 to Lebanon each month in shifts; one month they were in Lebanon, two months they were at home. Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.
1 Kings 5:15 (show verse)
Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,
1 Kings 5:16 (show verse)
not including his 3,300 deputies in charge of the work. They ruled over the people doing the work.
1 Kings 5:17 (show verse)
The king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.
1 Kings 5:18 (show verse)
So Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the temple’s construction.