1 Kings 5 And Hiram king of Tyre sends his servants unto Solomon, for he heard that they had anointed him for king instead of his father, for Hiram was a lover of David all the days;"

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ And Hiram king of Tyre sends his servants unto Solomon, for he heard that they had anointed him for king instead of his father, for Hiram was a lover of David all the days;" ² and Solomon sends unto Hiram, saying, ³ `You have known David my father, that he has not been able to build a house to the name of Yahweh his Elohim, because of the wars that have been round about him, till Yahweh's putting them under the soles of his feet. ⁴ `And now, Yahweh my Elohim has given rest to me round about, there is no adversary nor evil occurrence, ⁵ and lo, I am saying to build a house to the name of Yahweh my Elohim, as Yahweh spoke unto David my father, saying, Your son whom I appoint in your stead on your throne, he does build the house for My name. ⁶ `And now, command, and they cut down for me cedars out of Lebanon, and my servants are with your servants, and the hire of your servants I give to you according to all that you say, for you have known that there is not among us a man acquainted with cutting wood, like the Sidonians.. ⁷ And it comes to pass at Hiram's hearing the words of Solomon, that he rejoices exceedingly, and said, `Blessed [is] Yahweh to-day, who has given to David a wise son over this numerous people.. ⁸ And Hiram sends unto Solomon, saying, I have heard that which you have sent unto me, I do all your desire concerning cedar-wood, and fir-wood, ⁹ my servants bring down from Lebanon to the sea, and I make them floats in the sea unto the place that you send unto me, and I have spread them out there; and you do take [them] up, and you do execute my desire, to give the food of my house.. ¹⁰ And Hiram is giving to Solomon cedar-trees, and fir-trees, all his desire, ¹¹ and Solomon has given to Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat, food for his house, and twenty cors of beaten oil; thus does Solomon give to Hiram year by year. ¹² And Yahweh has given wisdom to Solomon as He spoke to him, and there is peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they make a covenant both of them. ¹³ And king Solomon lifts up a tribute out of all Israel, and the tribute is thirty thousand men, ¹⁴ and he sends them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month, by changes, a month they are in Lebanon, two months in their own house; and Adoniram [is] over the tribute. ¹⁵ And king Solomon has seventy thousand bearing burdens, and eighty thousand hewing in the mountain, ¹⁶ apart from the heads of the officers of Solomon, who [are] over the work, three thousand and three hundred, those ruling over the people who are working in the business. ¹⁷ And the king commands, and they bring great stones, precious stone, to lay the foundation of the house, hewn stones;" ¹⁸ and the builders of Solomon, and the builders of Hiram, and the Giblites hew, and prepare the wood and the stones to build the house.