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1 Kings 5 – New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Alliance with King Hiram

(2Ch 2:1–18 )
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:1 -

[fn]Now Hiram H2438 king H4428 of Tyre H6865 sent H7971 his servants H5650 to Solomon H8010 when H3588 he heard H8085 that they had anointed H4886 him king H4428 in H8478 place H8478 of H8478 his father H1, for Hiram H2438 had H1961 [fn]always H3605 H3117 been H1961 a friend H157 of David H1732.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:2 - Then Solomon H8010 sent H7971 word to Hiram H2438, saying H559,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:3 - “You know H3045 that David H1732 my father H1 was H3201 unable H3808 H3201 to build H1129 a house H1004 for the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 his God H430 because H4480 H6440 of the wars H4421 which H834 surrounded H5437 him, until H5704 the LORD H3068 put H5414 them under H8478 the soles H3709 of his feet H7272.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:4 - “But now H6258 the LORD H3068 my God H430 has secured H5117 me rest H5117 on every H5439 side H5439; there H369 is H369 neither H369 adversary H7854 nor H369 [fn]misfortune H6294 H7451.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:5 - “So behold H2009, I [fn]intend H559 to build H1129 a house H1004 for the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 my God H430, just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 to David H1732 my father H1, saying H559, ‘Your son H1121, whom H834 I will put H5414 on your throne H3678 in H8478 your place H8478, he will build H1129 the house H1004 for My name H8034.’
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:6 - “Now H6258 then, issue H6680 orders H6680 that they cut H3772 cedars H730 from Lebanon H3844 for me, and my servants H5650 will be with your servants H5650; and I will give H5414 you wages H7939 for your servants H5650 in accordance with all H3605 that you say H559, for you yourself H859 know H3045 that there H369 is H369 no H369 one H376 among us who knows H3045 how H3045 to cut H3772 timber H6086 like the Sidonians H6722.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:7 -

When Hiram H2438 heard H8085 the words H1697 of Solomon H8010, he greatly H3966 rejoiced H8055; and he said H559, “Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068 today H3117, who H834 has given H5414 to David H1732 a wise H2450 son H1121 over H5921 this H2088 great H7227 people H5971.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:8 - So Hiram H2438 sent H7971 word to Solomon H8010, saying H559, “I have heard H8085 the message which H834 you sent H7971 me; I will do H6213 everything H3605 you wish H2656 concerning the cedar H730 and juniper H1265 timber H6086.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:9 - “My servants H5650 will bring H3381 the timbers down H3381 from Lebanon H3844 to the sea H3220; and I will have them made H7760 into rafts H1702 to go by sea H3220 to the place H4725 where H834 you [fn]direct H7971 me, and I will have them broken H5310 up H5310 there H8033, and you will carry H5375 them away. Then you shall do H6213 what H2656 I wish H2656, by giving H5414 food H3899 to my household H1004.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:10 - So [fn]Hiram H2438 [fn]gave H5414 Solomon H8010 all H3605 that he wished H2656 of the cedar H730 and juniper H1265 timber H6086.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:11 - Solomon H8010 then gave H5414 [fn]Hiram H2438 [fn]twenty H6242 thousand H505 kors H3734 of wheat H2406 as food H4361 for his household H1004, and [fn]twenty H6242 kors H3734 of pure H3795 oil H8081; this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 Solomon H8010 would give H5414 Hiram H2438 year H8141 by year H8141.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:12 - And the LORD H3068 gave H5414 wisdom H2451 to Solomon H8010, just H834 as H834 He [fn]promised H1696 him; and there was peace H7965 between H996 Hiram H2438 and Solomon H8010, and the two H8147 of them made H3772 a covenant H1285.

Conscription of Laborers

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:13 -

Now King H4428 Solomon H8010 [fn]conscripted H5927 forced H4522 laborers H4522 from all H3605 Israel H3478; and the forced H4522 laborers H4522 numbered thirty H7970 thousand H505 men H376.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:14 - Then he sent H7971 them to Lebanon H3844, ten H6235 thousand H505 a month H2320 in shifts H2487; they were in Lebanon H3844 for a month H2320, and two H8147 months H2320 at home H1004. And Adoniram H141 was in H5921 charge H5921 of H5921 the forced H4522 laborers H4522.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:15 - Now Solomon H8010 had H1961 seventy H7657 thousand H505 porters H5449 H5375, and eighty H8084 thousand H505 stonemasons H2672 in the mountains H2022,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:16 - besides H905 H4480 Solomon’s H8010 3,300 H7969 H505 H3967 chief H8269 deputies H5324 who H834 were in H5921 charge H5921 of H5921 the [fn]project H4399 and ruled H7287 over the people H5971 who were doing H6213 the work H4399.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:17 - Then the king H4428 issued H6680 orders H6680, and they quarried H5265 large H1419 stones H68, valuable H3368 stones H68, to lay H3245 the foundation H3245 of the house H1004 with cut H1496 stones H68.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:18 - So Solomon’s H8010 builders H1129 and [fn]Hiram’s H2438 builders H1129 and the Gebalites H1382 [fn]cut H6458 the stones, and they prepared H3559 the timbers H6086 and the stones H68 to build H1129 the house H1004.
NASB20 Footnotes
Ch 5:15 in Heb
Lit all the days
Lit evil occurrence
Lit say
Lit send to me
Heb Hirom
Lit was giving
In 2 Chr 2:3, Huram
About 154,000 cubic feet or 4,360 cubic meters
About 154 cubic feet or 4.4 cubic meters
Lit spoke to
Lit raised up
Lit work
Heb Hirom’s
Or chiseled
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