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And Hiram[H2438]king[H4428] of Tyre[H6865]sent[H7971] his servants[H5650] unto Solomon[H8010]; for he had heard[H8085] that they had anointed[H4886] him king[H4428] in the room of his father[H1]: for Hiram[H2438] was ever[H3117] a lover[H157] of David[H1732].
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And Solomon[H8010]sent[H7971] to Hiram[H2438], saying[H559],
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Thou knowest[H3045] how that David[H1732] my father[H1]could[H3201] not build[H1129] an house[H1004] unto the name[H8034] of the LORD[H3068] his God[H430]for[H6440] the wars[H4421] which were about him on every side[H5437], until the LORD[H3068]put[H5414] them under the soles[H3709] of his feet[H7272].
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But now the LORD[H3068] my God[H430] hath given me rest[H5117] on every side[H5439], so that there is neither adversary[H7854] nor evil[H7451]occurrent[H6294].
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And, behold, I purpose[H559] to build[H1129] an house[H1004] unto the name[H8034] of the LORD[H3068] my God[H430], as the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] unto David[H1732] my father[H1], saying[H559], Thy son[H1121], whom I will set[H5414] upon thy throne[H3678] in thy room, he shall build[H1129] an house[H1004] unto my name[H8034].
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Now therefore command[H6680] thou that they hew[H3772] me cedar trees[H730] out of Lebanon[H3844]; and my servants[H5650] shall be with thy servants[H5650]: and unto thee will I give[H5414]hire[H7939] for thy servants[H5650] according to all that thou shalt appoint[H559]: for thou knowest[H3045] that there is not among us any[H376] that can skill[H3045] to hew[H3772]timber[H6086] like unto the Sidonians[H6722].
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And it came to pass, when Hiram[H2438]heard[H8085] the words[H1697] of Solomon[H8010], that he rejoiced[H8055]greatly[H3966], and said[H559], Blessed[H1288] be the LORD[H3068] this day[H3117], which hath given[H5414] unto David[H1732] a wise[H2450]son[H1121] over this great[H7227]people[H5971].
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And Hiram[H2438]sent[H7971] to Solomon[H8010], saying[H559], I have considered[H8085] the things which thou sentest[H7971] to me for: and I will do[H6213] all thy desire[H2656] concerning timber[H6086] of cedar[H730], and concerning timber[H6086] of fir[H1265].
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My servants[H5650] shall bring them down[H3381] from Lebanon[H3844] unto the sea[H3220]: and I will convey[H7760] them by sea[H3220] in floats[H1702] unto the place[H4725] that thou shalt appoint[H7971] me, and will cause them to be discharged[H5310] there, and thou shalt receive[H5375] them: and thou shalt accomplish[H6213] my desire[H2656], in giving[H5414]food[H3899] for my household[H1004].
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So Hiram[H2438]gave[H5414]Solomon[H8010]cedar[H730]trees[H6086] and fir[H1265]trees[H6086] according to all his desire[H2656].
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And Solomon[H8010]gave[H5414]Hiram[H2438]twenty[H6242]thousand[H505]measures[H3734] of wheat[H2406] for food[H4361] to his household[H1004], and twenty[H6242]measures[H3734] of pure[H3795]oil[H8081]: thus gave[H5414]Solomon[H8010] to Hiram[H2438]year[H8141] by year[H8141].
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And the LORD[H3068]gave[H5414]Solomon[H8010]wisdom[H2451], as he promised[H1696] him: and there was peace[H7965] between Hiram[H2438] and Solomon[H8010]; and they two[H8147]made[H3772] a league[H1285]together[H8147].
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And king[H4428]Solomon[H8010]raised[H5927] a levy[H4522] out of all Israel[H3478]; and the levy[H4522] was thirty[H7970]thousand[H505]men[H376].
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And he sent[H7971] them to Lebanon[H3844], ten[H6235]thousand[H505] a month[H2320] by courses[H2487]: a month[H2320] they were in Lebanon[H3844], and two[H8147]months[H2320] at home[H1004]: and Adoniram[H141] was over the levy[H4522].
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And Solomon[H8010] had threescore and ten[H7657]thousand[H505] that bare[H5375]burdens[H5449], and fourscore[H8084]thousand[H505]hewers[H2672] in the mountains[H2022];
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Beside the chief[H8269] of Solomon's officers[H5324] which were over the work[H4399], three[H7969]thousand[H505] and three[H7969]hundred[H3967], which ruled[H7287] over the people[H5971] that wrought[H6213] in the work[H4399].
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And the king[H4428]commanded[H6680], and they brought[H5265]great[H1419]stones[H68], costly[H3368]stones[H68], and hewed[H1496]stones[H68], to lay the foundation[H3245] of the house[H1004].
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And Solomon's builders[H1129] and Hiram's builders[H1129] did hew[H6458] them, and the stonesquarers[H1382]: so they prepared[H3559]timber[H6086] and stones[H68] to build[H1129] the house[H1004].