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Texts -- 1 Kings 5:5-18 (NET)

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5:5 So I have decided to build a temple to honor the Lord my God , as the Lord instructed my father David , ‘Your son , whom I will put on your throne in your place , is the one who will build a temple to honor me.’ 5:6 So now order some cedars of Lebanon to be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants . I will pay your servants whatever you say is appropriate, for you know that we have no one among us who knows how to cut down trees like the Sidonians .” 5:7 When Hiram heard Solomon’s message , he was very happy . He said , “The Lord is worthy of praise today because he has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation .” 5:8 Hiram then sent this message to Solomon : “I received the message you sent to me. I will give you all the cedars and evergreens you need . 5:9 My servants will bring the timber down from Lebanon to the sea . I will send it by sea in raft-like bundles to the place you designate . There I will separate the logs and you can carry them away . In exchange you will supply the food I need for my royal court .” 5:10 So Hiram supplied the cedars and evergreens Solomon needed , 5:11 and Solomon supplied Hiram annually with 20,000 cors of wheat as provision for his royal court , as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil . 5:12 So the Lord gave Solomon wisdom , as he had promised him. And Hiram and Solomon were at peace and made a treaty . 5:13 King Solomon conscripted work crews from throughout Israel , 30,000 men in all. 5:14 He sent them to Lebanon in shifts of 10,000 men per month . They worked in Lebanon for one month , and then spent two months at home . Adoniram was supervisor of the work crews . 5:15 Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills , 5:16 besides 3,300 officials who supervised the workers . 5:17 By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone . 5:18 Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers , along with men from Byblos , did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple .

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  • 1Ki 5:1-18 -- Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple

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  • I. The reign of Solomon chs. 1-11A. Solomon's succession to David's throne 1:1-2:121. David's declining health 1:1-42. Adonijah's attempt to seize the throne 1:5-533. David's charge to Solomon 2:1-94. David's death 2:10-12B. ...
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  • Hiram probably reigned from about 980-947 B.C.64Most scholars agree that his reign overlapped David's by about nine years and Solomon's by about 24 (cf. 2 Sam. 5:11). Tyre was an important Mediterranean Sea port in Phoenicia ...
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  • The writer of Kings referred to other ancient records (v. 41; cf. 14:19, 29). The Acts of Solomon was the first of these.120It is no longer extant.Solomon's long reign of 40 years (971-931 B.C.) ended with the king in decline...
  • Aharoni, Yohanan. "The Building Activities of David and Solomon."Israel Exploration Journal24:1(1974):13-16.Aharoni, Yohanan, and Michael Avi-Yonahl. The Macmillan Bible Atlas. Revised ed., New York: Macmillan Publishing Co.,...
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