But now the LORD, my God, has given me peace on all sides. There is no enemy or threat of danger. (19) So I purpose to build a temple in honor of the LORD, my God, as the LORD predicted to my father David when he said: 'It is your son whom I will put upon your throne in your place who shall build the temple in my honor.' (20) Give orders, then, to have cedars from the Lebanon cut down for me. My servants shall accompany yours, since you know that there is no one among us who is skilled in cutting timber like the Sidonians, and I will pay you whatever you say for your servants' salary. (21) When he had heard the words of Solomon, Hiram was pleased and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, who has given David a wise son to rule this numerous people. (22) Hiram then sent word to Solomon, I agree to the proposal you sent me, and I will provide all the cedars and fir trees you wish. (23) My servants shall bring them down from the Lebanon to the sea, and I will arrange them into rafts in the sea and bring them wherever you say. There I will break up the rafts, and you shall take the lumber. You, for your part, shall furnish the provisions I desire for my household. (24) So Hiram continued to provide Solomon with all the cedars and fir trees he wished; (25) while Solomon every year gave Hiram twenty thousand kors of wheat to provide for his household, and twenty thousand measures of pure oil. (26) The LORD, moreover, gave Solomon wisdom as he promised him, and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, since they were parties to a treaty. (27) King Solomon conscripted thirty thousand workmen from all Israel. (28) He sent them to the Lebanon each month in relays of ten thousand, so that they spent one month in the Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of the draft. (29) Solomon had seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountain, (30) in addition to three thousand three hundred overseers, answerable to Solomon's prefects for the work, directing the people engaged in the work. (31) By order of the king, fine, large blocks were quarried to give the temple a foundation of hewn stone. (32) Solomon's and Hiram's builders, along with the Gebalites, hewed them out, and prepared the wood and stones for building the temple.
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