Preparations for Building the Temple

1 Kings 5

1 Now a Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, because he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, b for Hiram had always loved David. 2 Then c Solomon sent to Hiram, saying: 3 d You know how my father David could not build a house for the name of the LORD his God e because of the wars which were fought against him on every side, until the LORD put 1 his foes under the soles of his feet. 4 But now the LORD my God has given me f rest 2 on every side; there is neither adversary nor 3 evil occurrence. 5 g And behold, 4 I propose to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, h 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." 6 Now therefore, command that they cut down i 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.

7 So it was, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly and said,
Blessed be the LORD this day, for He has given David a wise son over this great people! 8 Then Hiram sent to Solomon, saying:
I have considered the message which you sent me, and I will do all you desire concerning the cedar and cypress logs. 9 My servants shall bring them down j 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 k by giving food for my household. 10 Then Hiram gave Solomon cedar and cypress logs according to all his desire. 11 l And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand 5 kors of wheat as food for his household, and 6 twenty kors of pressed oil. Thus Solomon gave to Hiram year by year. 12 So the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, m as He had promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty together.

13 Then King Solomon raised up a labor force out of all Israel; and the labor force was thirty thousand men. 14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in shifts: they were one month in Lebanon and two months at home; n Adoniram was in charge of the labor force. 15 o Solomon had seventy thousand who carried burdens, and eighty thousand who quarried stone in the mountains, 16 besides three thousand 7 three hundred from the p chiefs of Solomon's deputies, who supervised the people who labored in the work. 17 And the king commanded them to quarry large stones, costly stones, and q hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the 8 temple. 18 So Solomon's builders, Hiram's builders, and the Gebalites quarried them; and they prepared timber and stones to build the 9 temple.

  1. Cross References
    1 Kings 5:10
    Then Hiram gave Solomon cedar and cypress logs according to all his desire.
    1 Kings 5:18
    So Solomon's builders, Hiram's builders, and the Gebalites quarried them; and they prepared timber and stones to build the temple.
    2 Chronicles 2:3
    Then Solomon sent to Hiram king of Tyre, saying: As you have dealt with David my father, and sent him cedars to build himself a house to dwell in, so deal with me.
  2. Cross References
    2 Samuel 5:11
    Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters and masons. And they built David a house.
    1 Chronicles 14:1
    Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, with masons and carpenters, to build him a house.
  3. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 2:3
    Then Solomon sent to Hiram king of Tyre, saying: As you have dealt with David my father, and sent him cedars to build himself a house to dwell in, so deal with me.
  4. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 28:2
    Then King David rose to his feet and said, "Hear me, my brethren and my people: I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made preparations to build it.
    1 Chronicles 28:3
    "But God said to me, 'You shall not build a house for My name, because you have been a man of war and have shed blood.'
  5. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 22:8
    But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 'You have shed much blood and have made great wars; you shall not build a house for My name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in My sight.
    1 Chronicles 28:3
    "But God said to me, 'You shall not build a house for My name, because you have been a man of war and have shed blood.'
  6. Cross References
    1 Kings 4:24
    For he had dominion over all the region on this side of the River from Tiphsah even to Gaza, namely over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace on every side all around him.
    1 Chronicles 22:9
    Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies all around. His name shall be Solomon, for I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days.
  7. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 2:4
    Behold, I am building a temple for the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to Him, to burn before Him sweet incense, for the continual showbread, for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, on the New Moons, and on the set feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance forever to Israel.
  8. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:12
    When your days are fulfilled and you rest with ...
    2 Samuel 7:13
    He shall build a house for My name, and I will ...
    1 Kings 6:38
    And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, ...
    1 Chronicles 17:12
    He shall build Me a house, and I will establish...
    1 Chronicles 22:10
    'He shall build a house for My name, and he sha...
    1 Chronicles 28:6
    Now He said to me, 'It is your son Solomon who ...
    2 Chronicles 6:2
    I have surely built You an exalted house, And a...
  9. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 2:8
    Also send me cedar and cypress and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and indeed my servants will be with your servants.
    2 Chronicles 2:10
    And indeed I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut timber, twenty thousand kors of ground wheat, twenty thousand kors of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
  10. Cross References
    Ezra 3:7
    They also gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the permission which they had from Cyrus king of Persia.
  11. Cross References
    Ezekiel 27:17
    Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, millet, honey, oil, and balm.
    Acts 12:20
    Now Herod had been very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; but they came to him with one accord, and having made Blastus the king's personal aide their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was supplied with food by the king's country.
  12. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 2:10
    And indeed I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut timber, twenty thousand kors of ground wheat, twenty thousand kors of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
  13. Cross References
    1 Kings 3:12
    Behold, I have done according to your words; see, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has not been anyone like you before you, nor shall any like you arise after you.
  14. Cross References
    1 Kings 12:18
    Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was in charge of the revenue; but all Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. Therefore King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste to flee to Jerusalem.
  15. Cross References
    1 Kings 9:20 - 22
    All the people who were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not of the children of Israel -
    2 Chronicles 2:17
    Then Solomon numbered all the aliens who were in the land of Israel, after the census in which David his father had numbered them; and there were found to be one hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.
    2 Chronicles 2:18
    And he made seventy thousand of them bearers of burdens, eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountain, and three thousand six hundred overseers to make the people work.
  16. Cross References
    1 Kings 9:23
    Others were chiefs of the officials who were over Solomon's work: five hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people who did the work.
  17. Cross References
    1 Kings 6:7
    And the temple, when it was being built, was built with stone finished at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.
    1 Chronicles 22:2
    So David commanded to gather the aliens who were in the land of Israel; and he appointed masons to cut hewn stones to build the house of God.
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