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* And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon ; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father ; for Hiram was ever a lover of David . * And Solomon sent to Hiram , saying : * 'Thou knowest how that David my father could not build a house for the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side , until the LORD put them under the soles of my feet . * But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side ; there is neither adversary , nor evil occurrence . * And , behold , I purpose to build a house for the name of the LORD my God , as the LORD spoke unto David my father , saying : Thy son , whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room , he shall build the house for My name . * Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar-trees out of Lebanon ; and my servants shall be with thy servants ; and I will give thee hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt say ; for thou knowest that there is not among us any that hath skill to hew timber like unto the Zidonians .' * And it came to pass , when Hiram heard the words of Solomon , that he rejoiced greatly , and said : 'Blessed be the LORD this day , who hath given unto David a wise son over this great people .' * And Hiram sent to Solomon , saying : 'I have heard that which thou hast sent unto me ; I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar , and concerning timber of cypress . * My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea ; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea unto the place that thou shalt appoint me , and will cause them to be broken up there , and thou shalt receive them ; and thou shalt accomplish my desire , in giving food for my household .' * So Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of cypress according to all his desire . * And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household , and twenty measures of beaten oil ; thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year . * And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom , as He promised him ; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon ; and they two made a league together . * And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel ; and the levy was thirty thousand men . * And he sent them to Lebanon , ten thousand a month by courses : a month they were in Lebanon , and two months at home ; and Adoniram was over the levy . * And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bore burdens , and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains ; * besides Solomon 's chief officers that were over the work , three thousand and three hundred , who bore rule over the people that wrought in the work . * And the king commanded , and they quarried great stones , costly stones , to lay the foundation of the house with hewn stone . * And Solomon 's builders and Hiram 's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them , and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house .

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