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World English Bible

1 Kings 5 (WEBP)

[1] Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the place of his father, and Hiram had always loved David.
[2] Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
[3] “You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of Yahweh his God because of the wars which were around him on every side, until Yahweh put his enemies under the soles of his feet.
[4] But now Yahweh my God has given me rest on every side. There is no enemy and no evil occurrence.
[5] Behold, I intend to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, as Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place shall build the house for my name.’
[6] Now therefore command that cedar trees be cut for me out of Lebanon. My servants will be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants according to all that you say. For you know that there is nobody among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”
[7] When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly, and said, “Blessed is Yahweh today, who has given to David a wise son to rule over this great people.”
[8] Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, “I have heard the message which you have sent to me. I will do all your desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning cypress timber.
[9] My servants will bring them down from Lebanon to the sea. I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place that you specify to me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and you will receive them. You will accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.”
[10] So Hiram gave Solomon cedar timber and cypress timber according to all his desire.
[11] Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat for food to his household, and twenty cors of pure oil. Solomon gave this to Hiram year by year.
[12] Yahweh gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty together.
[13] King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
[14] He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: for a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home; and Adoniram was over the men subject to forced labor.
[15] Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains,
[16] besides Solomon’s chief officers who were over the work: three thousand three hundred who ruled over the people who labored in the work.
[17] The king commanded, and they cut out large stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.
[18] Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the Gebalites cut them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.

1 Kings 5:11a 20,000 cors would be about 120,000 bushels or about 4.2 megaliters of wheat, which would weigh about 3,270 metric tons.
1 Kings 5:11b 20 cors is about 1,100 gallons or about 4220 liters.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

1 Kings 5 (KJVS)

[1] And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.
[2] And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
[3] Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.
[4] But now the Lord my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
[5] And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.
[6] Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.
[7] And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the Lord this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.
[8] And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
[9] My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
[10] So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.
[11] And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.
[12] And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.
[13] And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
[14] And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.
[15] And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
[16] beside the chief of Solomon’s officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
[17] And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
[18] And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

1 Kings 5:5 Heb. say
1 Kings 5:6 Heb. say
1 Kings 5:8 Heb. heard
1 Kings 5:9 Heb. send
1 Kings 5:11 Heb. cors
1 Kings 5:13 Heb. tribute of men

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

1 Kings 5 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () Χιραμ βασιλεὺς () Τύρου () τοὺς () παῖδας () αὐτοῦ () χρῖσαι () τὸν () Σαλωμων ἀντὶ () Δαυιδ () τοῦ () πατρὸς () αὐτοῦ, () ὅτι () ἀγαπῶν () ἦν () Χιραμ τὸν () Δαυιδ () πάσας () τὰς () ἡμέρας. ()
[2] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () Σαλωμων πρὸς () Χιραμ λέγων ()
[3] Σὺ () οἶδας () Δαυιδ () τὸν () πατέρα () μου () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἐδύνατο () οἰκοδομῆσαι () οἶκον () τῷ () ὀνόματι () κυρίου () θεοῦ () μου () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () τῶν () πολέμων () τῶν () κυκλωσάντων () αὐτὸν () ἕως () τοῦ () δοῦναι () κύριον () αὐτοὺς () ὑπὸ () τὰ () ἴχνη () τῶν () ποδῶν () αὐτοῦ. ()
[4] Καὶ () νῦν () ἀνέπαυσε () κύριος () ὁ () θεός () μου () ἐμοὶ () κυκλόθεν· () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἐπίβουλος καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἀπάντημα πονηρόν. ()
[5] Καὶ () ἰδοὺ () ἐγὼ () λέγω () οἰκοδομῆσαι () οἶκον () τῷ () ὀνόματι () κυρίου () θεοῦ () μου, () καθὼς () ἐλάλησεν () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () πρὸς () Δαυιδ () τὸν () πατέρα () μου () λέγων () Ὁ () υἱός () σου, () ὃν () δώσω () ἀντὶ () σοῦ () ἐπὶ () τὸν () θρόνον () σου, () οὗτος () οἰκοδομήσει () τὸν () οἶκον () τῷ () ὀνόματί () μου. ()
[6] Καὶ () νῦν () ἔντειλαι () καὶ () κοψάτωσάν () μοι () ξύλα () ἐκ () τοῦ () Λιβάνου, καὶ () ἰδοὺ () οἱ () δοῦλοί () μου () μετὰ () τῶν () δούλων () σου· () καὶ () τὸν () μισθὸν () δουλείας () σου () δώσω () σοι () κατὰ () πάντα, () ὅσα () ἐὰν () εἴπῃς, () ὅτι () σὺ () οἶδας () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἡμῖν () εἰδὼς () ξύλα () κόπτειν () καθὼς () οἱ () Σιδώνιοι. ()
[7] Καὶ () ἐγενήθη () καθὼς () ἤκουσεν () Χιραμ τῶν () λόγων () Σαλωμων, ἐχάρη () σφόδρα () καὶ () εἶπεν () Εὐλογητὸς () ὁ () θεὸς () σήμερον, () ὃς () ἔδωκεν () τῷ () Δαυιδ () υἱὸν () φρόνιμον () ἐπὶ () τὸν () λαὸν () τὸν () πολὺν () τοῦτον. ()
[8] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () πρὸς () Σαλωμων λέγων () Ἀκήκοα () περὶ () πάντων, () ὧν () ἀπέσταλκας () πρός () με· () ἐγὼ () ποιήσω () πᾶν () θέλημά () σου, () ξύλα () κέδρινα καὶ () πεύκινα·
[9] οἱ () δοῦλοί () μου () κατάξουσιν () αὐτὰ () ἐκ () τοῦ () Λιβάνου εἰς () τὴν () θάλασσαν, () ἐγὼ () θήσομαι () αὐτὰ () σχεδίας ἕως () τοῦ () τόπου, () οὗ () ἐὰν () ἀποστείλῃς () πρός () με, () καὶ () ἐκτινάξω () αὐτὰ () ἐκεῖ, () καὶ () σὺ () ἀρεῖς· () καὶ () ποιήσεις () τὸ () θέλημά () μου () τοῦ () δοῦναι () ἄρτους () τῷ () οἴκῳ () μου. ()
[10] Καὶ () ἦν () Χιραμ διδοὺς () τῷ () Σαλωμων κέδρους καὶ () πᾶν () θέλημα () αὐτοῦ. ()
[11] Καὶ () Σαλωμων ἔδωκεν () τῷ () Χιραμ εἴκοσι () χιλιάδας () κόρους () πυροῦ καὶ () μαχιρ τῷ () οἴκῳ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () εἴκοσι () χιλιάδας () βεθ ἐλαίου () κεκομμένου· () κατὰ () τοῦτο () ἐδίδου () Σαλωμων τῷ () Χιραμ κατ’ () ἐνιαυτόν. ()
[12] Καὶ () κύριος () ἔδωκεν () σοφίαν () τῷ () Σαλωμων, καθὼς () ἐλάλησεν () αὐτῷ· () καὶ () ἦν () εἰρήνη () ἀνὰ () μέσον () Χιραμ καὶ () ἀνὰ () μέσον () Σαλωμων, καὶ () διέθεντο () διαθήκην () ἀνὰ () μέσον () ἑαυτῶν. ()—
[13] καὶ () ἀνήνεγκεν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () φόρον () ἐκ () παντὸς () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () ἦν () ὁ () φόρος () τριάκοντα () χιλιάδες () ἀνδρῶν. ()
[14] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () αὐτοὺς () εἰς () τὸν () Λίβανον, δέκα () χιλιάδες () ἐν () τῷ () μηνί, () ἀλλασσόμενοι, () μῆνα () ἦσαν () ἐν () τῷ () Λιβάνῳ καὶ () δύο () μῆνας () ἐν () οἴκῳ () αὐτῶν· () καὶ () Αδωνιραμ ἐπὶ () τοῦ () φόρου. ()
[15] Καὶ () ἦν () τῷ () Σαλωμων ἑβδομήκοντα () χιλιάδες () αἴροντες () ἄρσιν καὶ () ὀγδοήκοντα () χιλιάδες () λατόμων ἐν () τῷ () ὄρει ()
[16] χωρὶς () ἀρχόντων () τῶν () καθεσταμένων () ἐπὶ () τῶν () ἔργων () τῶν () Σαλωμων, τρεῖς () χιλιάδες () καὶ () ἑξακόσιοι () ἐπιστάται () οἱ () ποιοῦντες () τὰ () ἔργα. () …
[18] Καὶ () ἡτοίμασαν () τοὺς () λίθους () καὶ () τὰ () ξύλα () τρία () ἔτη. ()

1 Kings 5:1 Originally verse 5:15.
1 Kings 5:2 Originally verse 5:16.
1 Kings 5:3 Originally verse 5:17.
1 Kings 5:4 Originally verse 5:18.
1 Kings 5:5 Originally verse 5:19.
1 Kings 5:6 Originally verse 5:20.
1 Kings 5:7 Originally verse 5:21.
1 Kings 5:8 Originally verse 5:22.
1 Kings 5:9 Originally verse 5:23.
1 Kings 5:10 Originally verse 5:24.
1 Kings 5:11 Originally verse 5:25.
1 Kings 5:12 Originally verse 5:26.
1 Kings 5:13 Originally verse 5:27.
1 Kings 5:14 Originally verse 5:28.
1 Kings 5:15 Originally verse 5:29.
1 Kings 5:16 Originally verse 5:30.
1 Kings 5:18 Originally verse 5:32.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.