5:1 ①Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram had ②always been a friend of David.
▷ ①Ch 5:15 in Heb ②Lit all the days
5:2 Then Solomon sent word to Hiram, saying,
5:3 “You know that David my father was unable to build a house for the name of the LORD his God because of the wars which surrounded him, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
5:4 But now the LORD my God has secured me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor ①misfortune.
▷ ①Lit evil occurrence
5:5 So behold, I ①intend to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, just as the LORD spoke to David my father, saying, ‘Your son, whom I will put on your throne in your place, he will build the house for My name.’
▷ ①Lit say
5:6 Now then, issue orders that they cut cedars from Lebanon for me, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants in accordance with all that you say, for you yourself know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”
5:7 When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he greatly rejoiced; and he said, “Blessed be the LORD today, who has given to David a wise son over this great people.”
5:8 So Hiram sent word to Solomon, saying, “I have heard the message which you sent me; I will do everything you wish concerning the cedar and juniper timber.
5:9 My servants will bring the timbers down from Lebanon to the sea; and I will have them made into rafts to go by sea to the place where you ①direct me, and I will have them broken up there, and you will carry them away. Then you shall do what I wish, by giving food to my household.”
▷ ①Lit send to me
5:10 So ①Hiram ②gave Solomon all that he wished of the cedar and juniper timber.
▷ ①Heb Hirom ②Lit was giving
5:11 Solomon then gave ①Hiram ②twenty thousand kors of wheat as food for his household, and ③twenty kors of pure oil; this is what Solomon would give Hiram year by year.
▷ ①In 2 Chr 2:3, Huram ②About 154,000 cubic feet or 4,360 cubic meters ③About 154 cubic feet or 4.4 cubic meters
5:12 And the LORD gave wisdom to Solomon, just as He ①promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a covenant.
▷ ①Lit spoke to
5:13 Now King Solomon ①conscripted forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers numbered thirty thousand men.
▷ ①Lit raised up
5:14 Then he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in shifts; they were in Lebanon for a month, and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced laborers.
5:15 Now Solomon had seventy thousand porters, and eighty thousand stonemasons in the mountains,
5:16 besides Solomon’s 3,300 chief deputies who were in charge of the ①project and ruled over the people who were doing the work.
▷ ①Lit work
5:17 Then the king issued orders, and they quarried large stones, valuable stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones.
5:18 So Solomon’s builders and ①Hiram’s builders and the Gebalites ②cut the stones, and they prepared the timbers and the stones to build the house.
▷ ①Heb Hirom’s ②Or chiseled