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a house to my name. carry burdens, and eighty thousand to hew
6 Give orders, therefore, that thy servants cut stones in the mountain:
me down cedar trees, out of Libanus, and let 16 Besides the overseers who were over every
my servants be with thy servants: and I will work, in number three thousand and three hun-
give thee the hire of thy servants whatsoever dred, that ruled over the people, and them that
thou wilt ask: for thou knowest how there is not did the work.
among my people a man that has skill to hew 17 And the king commanded that they should
wood like to the Sidonians. bring great stones, costly stones, for the founda-
7 Now when Hiram had heard the words tion of the temple, and should square them:
of Solomon, he rejoiced exceedingly, and said: 18 And the masons of Solomon, and the ma-
Blessed be the Lord God this day, who hath sons of Hiram, hewed them: and the Giblians
given to David a very wise son over this numer- prepared timber and stones to build the house.
ous people.
8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying: I have
heard all thou hast desired of me; and I will do all Chapter 6
thy desire concerning cedar trees, and fir trees.
9 My servants shall bring them down from And it came to pass in the four hundred and
Libanus to the sea: and I will put them together eightieth year after the children of Israel came
in floats, on the sea, and convey them to the out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of
place, which thou shalt signify to me, and will the reign of Solomon over Israel, in the month
land them there, and thou shalt receive them: Zio, (the same is the second month) he began to
and thou shalt allow me necessaries to furnish build a house to the Lord.
food for my household. 2 And the house, which king Solomon built to
10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees, and the Lord, was threescore cubits in length, and
fir trees, according to all his desire. twenty cubits in breadth, and thirty cubits in
11 And Solomon allowed Hiram twenty thou- height.
sand measures of wheat, for provision for his 3 And there was a porch before the temple, of
house, and twenty measures of the purest oil: twenty cubits in length, according to the measure
thus gave Solomon to Hiram every year. of the breadth of the temple: and it was ten
12 And the Lord gave wisdom to Solomon, as cubits in breadth, before the face of the temple.
he promised him: and there was peace between 4 And he made in the temple oblique windows.
Hiram and Solomon, and they two made a league 5 And upon the wall of the temple, he built
together. floors round about, in the walls of the house,
13 And king Solomon chose workmen out of round about the temple and the oracle, and he
all Israel, and the levy was of thirty thousand made chambers in the sides round about.
men. 6 The floor that was underneath was five cu-
14 And he sent them to Libanus, ten thousand bits in breadth, and the middle floor was six cu-
every month, by turns, so that two months they bits in breadth, and the third floor was seven cu-
were at home: and Adoniram was over this levy. bits in breadth. And he put beams in the house
15 And Solomon had seventy thousand to round about on the outside, that they might not