1 Kings 5 (NET)

1 Kings 5:1¹(5:15) King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place. (Hiram had always been an ally of David.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 14:11 Kgs 5:102 Chr 2:32 Sam 5:11Ps 45:121 Kgs 5:131 Kgs 9:12-14Amos 1:92 Sam 8:102 Sam 10:1-2

1 Kings 5:2²Solomon then sent this message to Hiram:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 2:3

1 Kings 5:3³“You know that my father David was unable to build a temple to honor the Lord his God, for he was busy fighting battles on all fronts while the Lord subdued his enemies.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 28:31 Chr 22:8Ps 110:11 Chr 22:4-61 Cor 15:25Ps 8:62 Chr 6:6-82 Sam 7:5-11Josh 10:24Mal 4:3

1 Kings 5:4⁴But now the Lord my God has made me secure on all fronts; there is no adversary or dangerous threat.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 22:91 Kgs 4:24Acts 9:31Isa 9:7Ps 72:7

1 Kings 5:5⁵So I have decided to build a temple to honor the Lord my God, as the Lord instructed my father David, ‘Your son, whom I will put on your throne in your place, is the one who will build a temple to honor me.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 17:121 Chr 22:102 Sam 7:12-131 Chr 28:61 Chr 28:10Zech 6:12-132 Chr 2:1-8

1 Kings 5:6⁶So now order some cedars of Lebanon to be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants. I will pay your servants whatever you say is appropriate, for you know that we have no one among us who knows how to cut down trees like the Sidonians.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 2:81 Cor 12:14-211 Kgs 6:161 Kgs 6:201 Kgs 6:9-102 Chr 2:10Eph 4:7Ezra 3:7Gen 10:15Phil 4:8

1 Kings 5:7⁷When Hiram heard Solomon’s message, he was very happy. He said, “The Lord is worthy of praise today because he has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 9:6Prov 23:241 Kgs 1:481 Kgs 10:91 Kgs 3:92 Chr 2:11-122 Chr 9:7-8Gen 33:5Isa 8:18Prov 10:1

1 Kings 5:8⁸Hiram then sent this message to Solomon: “I received the message you sent to me. I will give you all the cedars and evergreens you need.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 6:151 Kgs 6:342 Chr 3:52 Sam 6:5

1 Kings 5:9⁹My servants will bring the timber down from Lebanon to the sea. I will send it by sea in raft-like bundles to the place you designate. There I will separate the logs and you can carry them away. In exchange you will supply the food I need for my royal court.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 27:17Ezra 3:72 Chr 2:16Acts 12:202 Chr 1:15Deut 3:25

1 Kings 5:10¹⁰So Hiram supplied the cedars and evergreens Solomon needed,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Kings 5:11¹¹and Solomon supplied Hiram annually with 20,000 cors of wheat as provision for his royal court, as well as 120,000 gallons of pure olive oil.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 2:101 Kgs 4:22

1 Kings 5:12¹²So the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he had promised him. And Hiram and Solomon were at peace and made a treaty.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 3:12Amos 1:91 Kgs 15:192 Chr 1:12Gen 21:32Jas 1:51 Kgs 4:29

1 Kings 5:13¹³King Solomon conscripted work crews from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 9:151 Kgs 4:6

1 Kings 5:14¹⁴He sent them to Lebanon in shifts of 10,000 men per month. They worked in Lebanon for one month, and then spent two months at home. Adoniram was supervisor of the work crews.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 27:1-151 Kgs 4:6-19

1 Kings 5:15¹⁵Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 9:20-222 Chr 2:17-182 Chr 8:7-9Ezra 2:58Neh 7:57Neh 7:60

1 Kings 5:16¹⁶besides 3,300 officials who supervised the workers.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 9:232 Chr 2:2

1 Kings 5:17¹⁷By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 22:21 Kgs 6:71 Cor 3:11-121 Kgs 7:91 Pet 2:6-7Isa 28:16Rev 21:14-21

1 Kings 5:18¹⁸Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers, along with men from Byblos, did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 13:5Ezek 27:9Ps 83:7