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1Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon because he heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father's place, and because Hiram had been a dear friend of David all his days.[#5:1 The chapter division is different in the Hebrew text. English 4:21–34 equals Hebrew 5:1–14. English 5:1–18 equals Hebrew 5:15–32.]
2Solomon sent the following message to Hiram:
7When Hiram heard Solomon's words, he was very happy and he said:
8So Hiram sent word to Solomon:
10So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar and fir that he desired.
11In return, Solomon gave Hiram one hundred twenty thousand bushels of wheat as provisions for his palace and one hundred twenty thousand gallons of beaten olive oil. Solomon gave this amount to Hiram every year.[#5:11 Literally twenty thousand cors . The values of the ancient measures of volume are uncertain.; #5:11 Literally twenty thousand baths; #5:11 It is assumed that oil from beaten olives is the highest grade olive oil from the first crushing of the olives, which was done by hand, not by a mechanical press.]
12The Lord gave wisdom to Solomon just as he had promised him, so there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they made a treaty.
13King Solomon drafted a labor force from all over Israel. It numbered thirty thousand men.
14He sent ten thousand men per month to Lebanon in shifts. They would spend one month in Lebanon. Then for two months they would be at home. Adoniram was in charge of this forced labor.
15Solomon had seventy thousand men to transport materials and eighty thousand men to quarry stones in the mountains,
16not counting the officials who were overseeing the work for Solomon. There were thirty-three hundred men supervising the people who were doing the work.
17The king gave a command, and they quarried large, high-quality stones to serve as a foundation for the temple building, which was made of trimmed stones.
18Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the men from Gebal cut and prepared the wood and stones to construct the temple building.[#5:18 A Phoenician city, also called Byblos; #5:18 Literally the house or the building . The is often called the house in Kings and Chronicles. The temple building, that is, the sanctuary proper, must be distinguished from the temple complex with its courtyards and side buildings. Both terms, the house of the and the temple , may refer to the sanctuary itself or to the entire complex, depending on the context.]