Context 10So Hiram gave Solomon as much as he desired of the cedar and cypress timber. 11Solomon then gave Hiram 20,000 kors of wheat as food for his household, and twenty kors of beaten oil; thus Solomon would give Hiram year by year. 12The LORD gave wisdom to Solomon, just as He promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a covenant. Conscription of Laborers 13Now King Solomon levied forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers numbered 30,000 men. 14He sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month in relays; they were in Lebanon a month and two months at home. And Adoniram was over the forced laborers. 15Now Solomon had 70,000 transporters, and 80,000 hewers of stone in the mountains, 16besides Solomons 3,300 chief deputies who were over the project and who ruled over the people who were doing the work. 17Then the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones. 18So Solomons builders and Hirams builders and the Gebalites cut them, and prepared the timbers and the stones to build the house. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionSo Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of fir according to all his desire. Douay-Rheims Bible So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees, and fir trees, according to all his desire. Darby Bible Translation So Hiram gave Solomon cedar-trees and cypress-trees according to all his desire. English Revised Version So Hirah gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of fir according to all his desire. Webster's Bible Translation So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire. World English Bible So Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of fir according to all his desire. Young's Literal Translation And Hiram is giving to Solomon cedar-trees, and fir-trees, all his desire, Library Great Preparations for a Great Work'And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David. 2. And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, 3. Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet. 4. But now the Lord my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture The Promise in 2 Samuel, Chap. vii. Kings Links 1 Kings 5:10 NIV • 1 Kings 5:10 NLT • 1 Kings 5:10 ESV • 1 Kings 5:10 NASB • 1 Kings 5:10 KJV • 1 Kings 5:10 Bible Apps • 1 Kings 5:10 Parallel • Bible Hub |