1 Kings 5:10

5:10 So Hiram supplied the cedars and evergreens Solomon needed, ¹ 

1 Kings 5:18

5:18 Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers, ²  along with men from Byblos, ³  did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple. ⁴ 

[5:10]  ¹ tn Heb “and Hiram gave to Solomon cedar wood and the wood of evergreens, all his desire.”

[5:18]  ² tn Heb “builders.”

[5:18]  ³ tn Heb “the Gebalites.” The reading is problematic and some emend to a verb form meaning, “set the borders.”

[5:18]  ⁴ tc The LXX includes the words “for three years.”