1 Kings 5:10

10 So Hiram was giving to Solomon the cedar timbers and the cypress timbers, {everything he needed}.

1 Kings 5:10 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 5:10

So Hiram, gave Solomon cedar trees, and fir trees
Ordered his servants to cut them down from Lebanon, and sent them to him in floats, which he received:

[according to] all his desire;
he had as many as he requested, and what he wanted.

1 Kings 5:10 In-Context

8 Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, "I have heard what you have sent to me; I will do all of your desire concerning the timber of cedars and concerning the timber of cypresses.

9 My servants will bring [them] down from Lebanon to the sea, and I will make them [into] rafts in the sea [to float to] the place which you indicated to me. Then I shall break them up there, and you may carry [them further], and {you shall meet my needs} by giving food for my house."

10 So Hiram was giving to Solomon the cedar timbers and the cypress timbers, {everything he needed}.

11 Then Solomon gave to Hiram twenty thousand dry measures of wheat [as] food for his household, and twenty dry measures of {specially prepared olive oil}; thus Solomon gave to Hiram year by year.

12 Yahweh gave wisdom to Solomon as he promised to him, and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them {made} a covenant.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "all of his desire"