<vn='1'>And <sn="2438">Hiram</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="6865">Tyre</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="5650">servants</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> he had <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="3588">that</s> they had <sn="4886">anointed</s> him <sn="4428">king</s> in the <sn="8478">room</s> of his <sn="1">father</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="2438">Hiram</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="3605 3117">ever</s> a <sn="157">lover</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="859">Thou</s><sn="3045">knowest</s> how <sn="3588">that</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s> my <sn="1">father</s><sn="3201">could</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="1129">build</s> a <sn="1004">house</s> unto the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> his <sn="430">God</s><sn="4480 6440">for</s> the <sn="4421">wars</s><sn="834">which</s> were about him on every <sn="5437">side</s>, <sn="5704">until</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5414">put</s> them <sn="8478">under</s> the <sn="3709">soles</s> of his <sn="7272">feet</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>But <sn="6258">now</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> my <sn="430">God</s> hath given me <sn="5117">rest</s> on every <sn="4480 5439">side</s>, so that there is <sn="369">neither</s><sn="7854">adversary</s><sn="369">nor</s><sn="7451">evil</s><sn="6294">occurrent</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And, <sn="2009">behold</s>, I <sn="559">purpose</s> to <sn="1129">build</s> a <sn="1004">house</s> unto the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> my <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="834">as</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="1732">David</s> my <sn="1">father</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Thy <sn="1121">son</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> I will <sn="5414">set</s><sn="5921">upon</s> thy <sn="3678">throne</s> in thy <sn="8478">room</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> shall <sn="1129">build</s> a <sn="1004">house</s> unto my <sn="8034">name</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore <sn="6680">command</s> thou that they <sn="3772">hew</s> me cedar <sn="730">trees</s> out <sn="4480">of</s><sn="3844">Lebanon</s>; and my <sn="5650">servants</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="5973">with</s> thy <sn="5650">servants</s>: and unto thee will I <sn="5414">give</s><sn="7939">hire</s> for thy <sn="5650">servants</s> according to <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> thou shalt <sn="559">appoint</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="3045">knowest</s><sn="3588">that</s> there is <sn="369">not</s> among us <sn="376">any</s> that can <sn="3045">skill</s> to <sn="3772">hew</s><sn="6086">timber</s> like unto the <sn="6722">Sidonians</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when <sn="2438">Hiram</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of <sn="8010">Solomon</s>, that he <sn="8055">rejoiced</s><sn="3966">greatly</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="1288">Blessed</s> be the <sn="3068">LORD</s> this <sn="3117">day</s>, <sn="834">which</s> hath <sn="5414">given</s> unto <sn="1732">David</s> a <sn="2450">wise</s><sn="1121">son</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="7227">great</s><sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="2438">Hiram</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, I have <sn="8085">considered</s><sn="*853"></s> the things <sn="834">which</s> thou <sn="7971">sentest</s><sn="413">to</s> me for: and <sn="589">I</s> will <sn="6213">do</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> thy <sn="2656">desire</s> concerning <sn="6086">timber</s> of <sn="730">cedar</s>, and concerning <sn="6086">timber</s> of <sn="1265">fir</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>My <sn="5650">servants</s> shall bring them <sn="3381">down</s><sn="4480">from</s><sn="3844">Lebanon</s> unto the <sn="3220">sea</s>: and <sn="589">I</s> will <sn="7760">convey</s> them by <sn="3220">sea</s> in <sn="1702">floats</s><sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="4725">place</s><sn="834">that</s> thou shalt <sn="7971 413">appoint</s> me, and will cause them to be <sn="5310">discharged</s><sn="8033">there</s>, and <sn="859">thou</s> shalt <sn="5375">receive</s> them: and <sn="859">thou</s> shalt <sn="6213">accomplish</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="2656">desire</s>, in <sn="5414">giving</s><sn="3899">food</s> for my <sn="1004">household</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>So <sn="2438">Hiram</s><sn="5414">gave</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="730">cedar</s><sn="6086">trees</s> and <sn="1265">fir</s><sn="6086">trees</s> according to <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="2656">desire</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="5414">gave</s><sn="2438">Hiram</s><sn="6242">twenty</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="3734">measures</s> of <sn="2406">wheat</s> for <sn="4361">food</s> to his <sn="1004">household</s>, and <sn="6242">twenty</s><sn="3734">measures</s> of <sn="3795">pure</s><sn="8081">oil</s>: <sn="3541">thus</s><sn="5414">gave</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s> to <sn="2438">Hiram</s><sn="8141">year</s> by <sn="8141">year</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5414">gave</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="2451">wisdom</s>, <sn="834">as</s> he <sn="1696">promised</s> him: and there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="7965">peace</s><sn="996">between</s><sn="2438">Hiram</s> and <sn="8010">Solomon</s>; and they <sn="8147">two</s> made a league <sn="3772 1285">together</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="4428">king</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="5927">raised</s> a <sn="4522">levy</s> out of <sn="4480 3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>; and the <sn="4522">levy</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="7970">thirty</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And he <sn="7971">sent</s> them to <sn="3844">Lebanon</s>, <sn="6235">ten</s><sn="505">thousand</s> a <sn="2320">month</s> by <sn="2487">courses</s>: a <sn="2320">month</s> they <sn="1961">were</s> in <sn="3844">Lebanon</s>, and <sn="8147">two</s><sn="2320">months</s> at <sn="1004">home</s>: and <sn="141">Adoniram</s> was <sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="4522">levy</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="1961">had</s> threescore and <sn="7657">ten</s><sn="505">thousand</s> that <sn="5375">bore</s><sn="5449">burdens</s>, and <sn="8084">fourscore</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="2672">hewers</s> in the <sn="2022">mountains</s>; </v>
<vn='16'>Beside the <sn="905 4480 8269">chief</s> of <sn="8010">Solomon</s> 's <sn="5324">officers</s><sn="834">which</s> were <sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="4399">work</s>, <sn="7969">three</s><sn="505">thousand</s> and <sn="7969">three</s><sn="3967">hundred</s>, which <sn="7287">ruled</s> over the <sn="5971">people</s> that <sn="6213">wrought</s> in the <sn="4399">work</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="6680">commanded</s>, and they <sn="5265">brought</s><sn="1419">great</s><sn="68">stones</s>, <sn="3368">costly</s><sn="68">stones</s>, and <sn="1496">hewed</s><sn="68">stones</s>, to lay the <sn="3245">foundation</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And <sn="8010">Solomon</s> 's <sn="1129">builders</s> and <sn="2438">Hiram</s> 's <sn="1129">builders</s> did <sn="6458">hew</s> them, and the <sn="1382">stonesquarers</s>: so they <sn="3559">prepared</s><sn="6086">timber</s> and <sn="68">stones</s> to <sn="1129">build</s> the <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>