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1Hiram was the king of Tyre. He had always been David’s friend. So when Hiram heard that Solomon had become the new king after David, he sent his servants to Solomon.
2This is what Solomon said to King Hiram:
7Hiram was very happy when he heard what Solomon asked. He said, “I praise the Lord today for giving David a wise son to rule this great nation!”
8Then Hiram sent this message to Solomon:
10So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar and fir logs that he wanted.
11Solomon gave Hiram about 120,000 bushels of wheat and about 120,000 gallons of pure olive oil every year for his family.[#5:11 Literally, “20,000 ” (4,400,000 l).; #5:11 Literally, “20,000 baths” (440,000 l).]
12The Lord made Solomon wise as he had promised. Hiram and Solomon made a treaty between themselves and were at peace with one another.
13King Solomon forced 30,000 men of Israel to help in this work.
14He chose a man named Adoniram to be in charge of them. Solomon divided the men into three groups with 10,000 men in each group. Each group worked one month in Lebanon and then went home for two months.
15Solomon also forced 80,000 men to work in the hill country cutting stone. There were also 70,000 men to carry the stones.
16There were 3300 men to supervise the workers.
17King Solomon commanded them to cut large, expensive stones for the foundation of the Temple.
18Then Solomon and Hiram’s builders and the men from Byblos carved the stones and prepared them and the logs for use in building the Temple.[#5:18 Literally, “Gebal.”]