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Text -- 1 Kings 5:3-18 (NET)
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5:3 “You know that my father David was unable to build a temple to honor the Lord his God , for he was busy fighting battles on all fronts while the Lord subdued his enemies.
5:4 But now the Lord my God has made me secure on all fronts ; there is no adversary or dangerous threat .
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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NET Notes -> 1Ki 5:3; 1Ki 5:3; 1Ki 5:5; 1Ki 5:5; 1Ki 5:5; 1Ki 5:7; 1Ki 5:8; 1Ki 5:8; 1Ki 5:9; 1Ki 5:9; 1Ki 5:9; 1Ki 5:10; 1Ki 5:11; 1Ki 5:11; 1Ki 5:11; 1Ki 5:11; 1Ki 5:11; 1Ki 5:11; 1Ki 5:12; 1Ki 5:13; 1Ki 5:13; 1Ki 5:14; 1Ki 5:15; 1Ki 5:15; 1Ki 5:16; 1Ki 5:16; 1Ki 5:17; 1Ki 5:18; 1Ki 5:18; 1Ki 5:18
NET Notes: 1Ki 5:3 Heb “because of the battles which surrounded him until the Lord placed them under the soles of his feet.”
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NET Notes: 1Ki 5:5 Heb “a house for my name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the ...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 5:8 Heb “I will satisfy all your desire with respect to cedar wood and with respect to the wood of evergreens.”
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NET Notes: 1Ki 5:10 Heb “and Hiram gave to Solomon cedar wood and the wood of evergreens, all his desire.”
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NET Notes: 1Ki 5:11 Heb “and Solomon supplied Hiram with twenty thousand cors of wheat…pure olive oil. So Solomon would give to Hiram year by year.”
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NET Notes: 1Ki 5:13 Work crews. This Hebrew word (מַס, mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.
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NET Notes: 1Ki 5:16 Heb “besides thirty-three hundred from the officials of Solomon’s governors who were over the work, the ones ruling over the people, the o...
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