1 Kings 5:2-6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
2 Solomon sent this message to Hiram: 3 “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.(A) 4 The Lord my God has now given me rest all around; there is no enemy or crisis.(B) 5 So I plan to build a temple for the name of Yahweh my God,(C) 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.’(D)
6 “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.”(E)
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1 Kings 5:10-11
Holman Christian Standard Bible
10 So Hiram provided Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber he wanted, 11 and Solomon provided Hiram with 100,000 bushels[a] of wheat as food for his household and 110,000 gallons[b] of oil from crushed olives.(A) Solomon did this for Hiram year after year.
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- 1 Kings 5:11 Lit 20,000 cors
- 1 Kings 5:11 LXX reads 20,000 baths; MT reads 20 cors
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