1 Kings 5
1 and to send: depart Hiram king Tyre [obj] servant/slave his to(wards) Solomon for to hear: hear for [obj] him to anoint to/for king underneath: instead father his for to love: lover to be Hiram to/for David all [the] day: always
Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.
2 and to send: depart Solomon to(wards) Hiram to/for to say
And Solomon relayed this message to Hiram:
3 you(m. s.) to know [obj] David father my for not be able to/for to build house: home to/for name LORD God his from face: because [the] battle which to turn: surround him till to give: put LORD [obj] them underneath: under palm: sole (foot my *Q(K)*)
“As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.
4 and now to rest LORD God my to/for me from around: side nothing Satan and nothing chance bad: evil
But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or crisis.
5 and look! I to say to/for to build house: home to/for name LORD God my like/as as which to speak: speak LORD to(wards) David father my to/for to say son: child your which to give: put underneath: instead you upon throne your he/she/it to build [the] house: home to/for name my
So behold, I plan to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, according to what the LORD said to my father David: ‘I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the house for My Name.’
6 and now to command and to cut: cut to/for me cedar from [the] Lebanon and servant/slave my to be with servant/slave your and wages servant/slave your to give: pay to/for you like/as all which to say for you(m. s.) to know for nothing in/on/with us man: anyone to know to/for to cut: cut tree: wood like/as Sidonian
Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging as the Sidonians.”
7 and to be like/as to hear: hear Hiram [obj] word Solomon and to rejoice much and to say to bless LORD [the] day: today which to give: give to/for David son: child wise upon [the] people [the] many [the] this
When Hiram received Solomon’s message, he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the LORD this day! He has given David a wise son over this great people!”
8 and to send: depart Hiram to(wards) Solomon to/for to say to hear: hear [obj] which to send: depart to(wards) me I to make: do [obj] all pleasure your in/on/with tree: wood cedar and in/on/with tree: wood cypress
Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying: “I have received your message; I will do all you desire regarding the cedar and cypress timber.
9 servant/slave my to go down from [the] Lebanon sea [to] and I to set: make them raft in/on/with sea till [the] place which to send: depart to(wards) me and to shatter them there and you(m. s.) to lift: raise and you(m. s.) to make: do [obj] pleasure my to/for to give: give food house: household my
My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away. And in exchange, you can meet my needs by providing my household with food.”
10 and to be Hiram to give: give to/for Solomon tree: wood cedar and tree: wood cypress all pleasure his
So Hiram provided Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber he wanted,
11 and Solomon to give: give to/for Hiram twenty thousand kor wheat food to/for house: household his and twenty kor oil beaten thus to give: give Solomon to/for Hiram year in/on/with year
and year after year Solomon would provide Hiram with 20,000 cors of wheat as food for his household, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil.
12 and LORD to give: give wisdom to/for Solomon like/as as which to speak: promise to/for him and to be peace between Hiram and between Solomon and to cut: make(covenant) covenant two their
And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as He had promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.
13 and to ascend: establish [the] king Solomon taskworker from all Israel and to be [the] taskworker thirty thousand man
Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel.
14 and to send: depart them Lebanon [to] ten thousand in/on/with month change month to be in/on/with Lebanon two month in/on/with house: home his and Adoniram upon [the] taskworker
He sent them to Lebanon in monthly shifts of 10,000 men, so that they would spend one month in Lebanon and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.
15 and to be to/for Solomon seventy thousand to lift: bearing(armour) burden and eighty thousand to hew in/on/with mountain: hill country
Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,
16 to/for alone from ruler [the] to stand to/for Solomon which upon [the] work three thousand and three hundred [the] to rule in/on/with people [the] to make: do in/on/with work
not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.
17 and to command [the] king and to set out stone great: large stone precious to/for to found [the] house: home stone cutting
And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.
18 and to hew to build Solomon and to build Hiram and [the] Gebalite and to establish: prepare [the] tree: wood and [the] stone to/for to build [the] house: home
So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.
