1 GLT And Hiram the king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him as king in place of his father, for Hiram was a one loved by David all the days. BSB BSB: Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.
2 GLT And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, BSB BSB: And Solomon relayed this message to Hiram:
3 GLT “You yourself knew David my father, that he was not able to build a house for the name of Yahweh his God because of the face of the warfare that surrounded him, until Yahweh was giving them under the soles of his feet. BSB BSB: “As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.
4 GLT But now, Yahweh my God has given rest to me from all around. There is no adversary and there is no evil occurence. BSB BSB: But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or crisis.
5 GLT And behold I am saying to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, just as Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying,‘Your son, whom I will give in your place on your throne, he will build the house for my name.’ BSB BSB: So behold, I plan to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, according to what the LORD said to my father David: ‘I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the house for My Name.’
6 GLT And now, command and let them cut for me cedars from the Lebanon and let my servants be with your servants and I will give to you the wage of your servants according to all that you say. For you yourself know that there is no man among us knowing how to cut trees like the Sidonians.” BSB BSB: Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging as the Sidonians.”
7 GLT And it happened as soon as Hiram heard the words of Solomon that he rejoiced exceedingly. And he said,“Blessed be Yahweh today, who has given to David a wise son over this great people.” BSB BSB: When Hiram received Solomon’s message, he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the LORD this day! He has given David a wise son over this great people!”
8 GLT And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying,“I have heard what you sent to me. I myself will do all your desire with the trees of cedar and with the trees of cypress. BSB BSB: Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying: “I have received your message; I will do all you desire regarding the cedar and cypress timber.
9 GLT And my servants will bring down from the Lebanon to the sea, and I myself will set rafts on the sea as far as the place where you send for me. And I will break them up there and you yourself will lift. And you yourself will do my desire by giving the bread of my house.” BSB BSB: My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away. And in exchange, you can meet my needs by providing my household with food.”
10 GLT And Hiram was giving to Solomon trees of cedar and trees of cypress, all of his desire. BSB BSB: So Hiram provided Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber he wanted,
11 GLT And Solomon gave to Hiram 20, 000 kors of wheat as food for his house and 20 kors of beaten oil. Thus Solomon would give to Hiram year by year. BSB BSB: and year after year Solomon would provide Hiram with 20,000 cors of wheat as food for his household, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil.
12 GLT And Yahweh gave wisdom to Solomon, just as he spoke to him. And there was peace between Hiram and Solomon and the two of them cut a covenant. BSB BSB: And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as He had promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.
13 GLT And the king Solomon brought up forced labor from all Israel. And the forced labor was 30, 000 men. BSB BSB: Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel.
14 GLT And he sent them to Lebanon, 10, 000 by the month in shifts. They were a month in the Lebanon, two months in his house. And Adoniram was over the forced labor. BSB BSB: He sent them to Lebanon in monthly shifts of 10,000 men, so that they would spend one month in Lebanon and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.
15 GLT And there was for Solomon 70, 000 who lift a burden and 80, 000 who hew in the hill country, BSB BSB: Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,
16 GLT apart from the officials of the stationed ones of Solomon who were over the work, 3, 300 were the ones having dominion over the people, the ones who were doing the work. BSB BSB: not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.
17 GLT And the king commanded and they removed large stones, precious stones to found the house, stones of hewing. BSB BSB: And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.
18 GLT And the builders of Solomon and the builders of Hiram and the Gebalites hewed and they prepared the trees and the stones to build the house. BSB BSB: So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.
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