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1King Hiram of Tyre had always been friends with Solomon's father David. When Hiram learnt that Solomon was king, he sent some of his officials to meet with Solomon.[#5.1 : The most important city in Phoenicia. It was on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea north of Israel, in what is today southern Lebanon.]
2Solomon sent a message back to Hiram:
7Hiram was so happy when he heard Solomon's request that he said, “I am grateful that the Lord gave David such a wise son to be king of that great nation!”
8Then he sent back his answer:
10Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar and pine logs he needed.
11In return, Solomon gave Hiram two thousand tonnes of wheat and four hundred thousand litres of pure olive oil each year.
12The LORD kept his promise and made Solomon wise. Hiram and Solomon signed a treaty and never went to war against each other.
13Solomon ordered thirty thousand people from all over Israel to cut logs for the temple,
14and he put Adoniram in charge of these workers. Solomon divided them into three groups of ten thousand. Each group worked one month in Lebanon and had two months off at home.[#1 K 12.18.]
15He also had eighty thousand workers to cut stone in the hill country of Israel, seventy thousand workers to carry the stones,
16and over three thousand assistants to keep track of the work and to supervise the workers.
17He ordered the workers to cut and shape large blocks of good stone for the foundation of the temple.
18Solomon's and Hiram's men worked with men from the city of Gebal, and together they got the stones and logs ready for the temple.[#5.18 : Later known as Byblos.]