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* Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon , because he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father , for Hiram had always loved David . * Then Solomon sent to Hiram , saying : * You know how my father David could not build a house for the name of the LORD his God because of the wars which were fought against him on every side , until the LORD put his foes under the soles of his feet . * But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side ; there is neither adversary nor evil occurrence . * And behold , I propose to build a house for the name of the LORD my God , as the LORD spoke to my father David , saying , "Your son , whom I will set on your throne in your place , he shall build the house for My name ." * Now therefore , command that they cut down cedars for me from Lebanon ; and my servants will be with your servants , and I will pay you wages for your servants according to whatever you say . For you know there is none among us who has skill to cut timber like the Sidonians . * So it was , when Hiram heard the words of Solomon , that he rejoiced greatly and said , 4 Blessed be the LORD this day , for He has given David a wise son over this great people ! * Then Hiram sent to Solomon , saying : 4 I have considered the message which you sent me , and I will do all you desire concerning the cedar and cypress logs . * My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea ; I will float them in rafts by sea to the place you indicate to me , and will have them broken apart there ; then you can take them away . And you shall fulfill my desire by giving food for my household . * Then Hiram gave Solomon cedar and cypress logs according to all his desire . * And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand kors of wheat as food for his household , and twenty kors of pressed oil . Thus Solomon gave to Hiram year by year . * So the LORD gave Solomon wisdom , as He had promised him ; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon , and the two of them made a treaty together . * Then King Solomon raised up a labor force out of all Israel ; and the labor force was thirty thousand men . * And he sent them to Lebanon , ten thousand a month in shifts : they were one month in Lebanon and two months at home ; Adoniram was in charge of the labor force . * Solomon had seventy thousand who carried burdens , and eighty thousand who quarried stone in the mountains , * besides three thousand three hundred from the chiefs of Solomon 's deputies , who supervised the people who labored in the work . * And the king commanded them to quarry large stones , costly stones , and hewn stones , to lay the foundation of the temple . * So Solomon 's builders , Hiram 's builders , and the Gebalites quarried them ; and they prepared timber and stones to build the temple .

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