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1 Kings 5:12-18

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12 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, 1as he promised him. And there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.
13 King Solomon drafted 2forced labor out of all Israel, and the draft numbered 30,000 men.
14 And he sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month in shifts. They would be a month in Lebanon and two months at home. 3Adoniram was in charge of the draft.
15 Solomon also 4had 70,000 burden-bearers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hill country,
16 besides Solomon's 3,300 5chief officers who were over the work, 6who had charge of the people who carried on the work.
17 At the king's command 7they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones.
18 So Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and 8the men of Gebal did the cutting and prepared the timber and the stone to build the house.
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1 Kings 5:12-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST KINGS 5

This chapter relates Solomon's preparation for building the temple: on Hiram, king of Tyre, sending a congratulatory letter to him, he returned another to him, signifying his intention to build an house for God, and requesting him to supply him with timber, and men to work it, 1Ki 5:1-6; to which Hiram readily agreed, and sent him cedar and fir, and Solomon in return sent him food for his household; and things went on very amicably between them, 1Ki 5:7-12; the chapter concludes with an account of Solomon's workmen, where, how, and in what they were employed, 1Ki 5:13-18.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 8

  • 1. 1 Kings 3:12
  • 2. 1 Kings 4:6; 1 Kings 9:15
  • 3. See 1 Kings 4:6
  • 4. 2 Chronicles 2:18; [1 Kings 9:20-22]
  • 5. 1 Kings 4:5
  • 6. 1 Kings 9:23
  • 7. [1 Kings 6:7; 1 Chronicles 22:2]
  • 8. Joshua 13:5; Ezekiel 27:9
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