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| 1st-Kings 5:1 | And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon: for he heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram had always been David's friend. | Now Hiram, king of Tyre, hearing that Solomon had been made king in place of his father, sent his servants to him; for Hiram had ever been a friend to David. | |
| 1st-Kings 5:2 | And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying: | And Solomon sent back word to Hiram, saying, | |
| 1st-Kings 5:3 | Thou knowest the will of David my father, and that he could not build a house to the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars that were round about him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet. | You have knowledge that David my father was not able to make a house for the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars which were round him on every side, till the Lord put all those who were against him under his feet. | |
| 1st-Kings 5:4 | But now the Lord my God hath given me rest round about: and there is no adversary nor evil occurrence. | But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side; no one is making trouble, and no evil is taking place. | |
| 1st-Kings 5:5 | Wherefore I purpose to build a temple to the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spoke to David my father, saying: my son, whom I will set upon the throne in thy piece, he shall build a house to my name. | And so it is my purpose to make a house for the name of the Lord my God, as he said to David my father, Your son, whom I will make king in your place, will be the builder of a house for my name. | |
| 1st-Kings 5:6 | Give orders therefore that thy servants cut me down cedar trees out of Libanus, and let my servants be with thy servants: and I will give thee the hire of thy servants whatsoever thou wilt ask, for thou knowest how there is not among my people a man that has skill to hew wood like to the Sidonians. | So now, will you have cedar-trees from Lebanon cut down for me, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you payment for your servants at whatever rate you say; for it is common knowledge that we have no such wood-cutters among us as the men of Zidon. | |
| 1st-Kings 5:7 | Now when Hiram had heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced exceedingly, and said: Blessed be the Lord God this day, who hath given to David a very wise son over this numerous people. | And these words of Solomon made Hiram glad, and he said, Now may the Lord be praised who has given to David a wise son to be king over this great people. | |
| 1st-Kings 5:8 | And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying: I have heard all thou hast desired of me: and I will do all thy desire concerning cedar trees, and fir trees. | Then Hiram sent to Solomon, saying; The words you sent have been given to me: I will do all your desire in the question of cedar-wood and cypress-wood. | |
| 1st-Kings 5:9 | 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. | My men will take them down from Lebanon to the sea, where I will have them corded together to go by sea to whatever place you say, and I will have them cut up there so that you may take them away; as for payment, it will be enough if you give me food for my people. | |
| 1st-Kings 5:10 | So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees, and fir trees, according to all his desire. | So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar-wood and cypress-wood he had need of; | |
| 1st-Kings 5:11 | And Solomon allowed Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat, for provision for his house, and twenty measures of the purest oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram every year. | And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of grain, as food for his people, and twenty measures of clear oil; this he did every year. | |
| 1st-Kings 5:12 | And the Lord gave wisdom to Solomon, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they two made a league together. | Now the Lord had given Solomon wisdom, as he had said to him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they made an agreement together. | |
| 1st-Kings 5:13 | And king Solomon chose workmen cut of all Israel, and the levy was of thirty thousand men. | Then King Solomon got together men for the forced work through all Israel, thirty thousand men in number; | |
| 1st-Kings 5:14 | And he sent them to Libanus, ten thousand every month by turns, so that two months they were at home: and Adoniram was over this levy. | And sent them to Lebanon in bands of ten thousand every month: for a month they were working in Lebanon and for two months in their country, and Adoniram was in control of them. | |
| 1st-Kings 5:15 | And Solomon had seventy thousand to carry burdens, and eighty thousand to hew stones in the mountain: | Then he had seventy thousand for the work of transport, and eighty thousand stone-cutters in the mountains; | |
| 1st-Kings 5:16 | Besides the overseers who were over every work, in number three thousand, and three hundred that ruled over the people, and them that did the work. | In addition to the chiefs of the responsible men put by Solomon to oversee the work, three thousand and three hundred in authority over the workmen. | |
| 1st-Kings 5:17 | And the king commanded, that they should bring great stones, costly stones, for the foundation of the temple, and should square them: | By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone. | |
| 1st-Kings 5:18 | And the masons of Solomon, and the masons of Hiram hewed them: and the Giblians prepared timber and stones to build the house. | Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did the work of cutting them, and put edges on them, and got the wood and the stone ready for the building of the house. | |
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