1 Kings 5:10
Context5:10 So Hiram supplied the cedars and evergreens Solomon needed, 1
1 Kings 5:18
Context5:18 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
1 Kings 7:40
Context7:40 Hiram also made basins, shovels, and bowls. He 5 finished all the work on the Lord’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon. 6


[5:10] 1 tn Heb “and Hiram gave to Solomon cedar wood and the wood of evergreens, all his desire.”
[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.”
[7:40] 3 tn Heb “Hiram.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[7:40] 4 tn Heb “Hiram finished doing all the work which he did for King Solomon [on] the house of the