1 Kings 5:8-10

8 So Hiram sent word to Solomon, saying, "I have heard the message which you have sent me; I will do what you desire concerning the cedar and cypress timber.

9 "My servants will bring them down from Lebanon to the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea ¹to the place where you direct me, and I will have them broken up there, and you shall carry them away. Then ²you shall accomplish my desire by giving food to my household."

10 So Hiram gave Solomon as much as he desired of the cedar and cypress timber.

1 Kings 5:8-10 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.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Chronicles 2:16
• 2. Ezra 3:7; Ezekiel 27:17

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "all your pleasure"
• [b]. Lit "send"
• [c]. Heb "Hirom"
• [d]. Lit "was giving"
• [e]. Lit "all his desire"