1Hiram, the king of Tyre, also sent his servants to Solomon. For he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father. Now Hiram had been a friend to David the entire time.stylus1 Chronicles 14:1, 1 Chronicles 14:1, 2 Chronicles 2:3, 2 Samuel 5:11, 2 Chronicles 2:32Then Solomon sent to Hiram, saying:stylus2 Chronicles 2:3, 2 Chronicles 2:33“You know the will of my father David, and that he was not able to build a house to the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars that were imminent all around him, until the Lord set them under the steps of his feet.stylus1 Chronicles 28:3, 1 Chronicles 28:3, 1 Chronicles 22:8, 1 Chronicles 22:8, 1 Corinthians 15:254But now the Lord my God has given rest to me on all sides. And there is no adversary, nor occurrence of evil.stylus1 Chronicles 22:9, 1 Chronicles 22:9, 1 Kings 4:24, 1 Kings 4:24, Isaiah 9:75For this reason, I intend to build a temple to the name of the Lord my God, just as the Lord spoke to my father David, saying: ‘Your son, whom I will set in your place, upon your throne, he himself shall build a house to my name.’stylus1 Chronicles 17:12, 1 Chronicles 22:10, 1 Chronicles 17:12, 1 Chronicles 22:10, 2 Samuel 7:126Therefore, order that your servants may cut down for me cedars from Lebanon. And let my servants be with your servants. Then I will give to you, for the wages of your servants, whatever you will ask. For you know that there is not a man among my people who knows how to cut wood as well as the Sidonians.”stylus2 Chronicles 2:8, 2 Chronicles 2:8, Philippians 4:8, 1 Kings 6:9, 1 Kings 6:107Therefore, when Hiram had heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly, and he said, “Blessed be the Lord God this day, who gave to David a very wise son over this numerous people!”stylusProverbs 23:24, Isaiah 9:6, Proverbs 23:24, Isaiah 9:6, Psalms 137:68And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying: “I have heard the things that you would entrust to me. And I will do your whole will concerning the cedar trees and spruce trees.stylus2 Chronicles 3:5, 1 Kings 6:15, 2 Samuel 6:5, 1 Kings 6:34, 2 Chronicles 3:59My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea. And I will arrange them together as rafts on the sea, as far as the place that you will indicate to me. And I will land them there, and you will take them. And you shall offer to me what is necessary to give food to my house.”stylusEzra 3:7, Ezekiel 27:17, Ezra 3:7, Ezekiel 27:17, Acts 12:2010And so, Hiram gave to Solomon cedar trees and spruce trees, in accord with his whole will.stylus11Then Solomon offered to Hiram twenty thousand cor of wheat, as food for his house, and twenty cor of the purest oil. These things Solomon gave as a tribute to Hiram every year.stylus2 Chronicles 2:10, 2 Chronicles 2:10, 1 Kings 4:22, 1 Kings 4:2212And the Lord gave wisdom to Solomon, just as he said to him. And there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two struck a pact.stylus1 Kings 3:12, 1 Kings 3:12, Amos 1:9, Amos 1:9, James 1:513And king Solomon chose workers from all of Israel, and the conscription was of thirty thousand men.stylus1 Kings 9:15, 1 Kings 9:15, 1 Kings 4:6, 1 Kings 4:614And he sent them into Lebanon, ten thousand each month, in turns, so that for two months they were in their own houses. And Adoniram was over this type of conscription.stylus1 Kings 4:6, 1 Kings 4:19, 1 Chronicles 27:1, 1 Chronicles 27:15, 1 Kings 4:615And Solomon had seventy thousand of those who were carrying burdens, and eighty thousand of those who cut stones from the mountain,stylus1 Kings 9:20, 1 Kings 9:22, 1 Kings 9:20, 1 Kings 9:22, 2 Chronicles 2:1716aside from the commanders who were over each work, in number three thousand and three hundred, who gave orders to the people and to those who were doing the work.stylus1 Kings 9:23, 1 Kings 9:23, 2 Chronicles 2:2, 2 Chronicles 2:217And the king ordered them to bring great stones, precious stones, for the foundation of the temple, and to square them.stylus1 Kings 6:7, 1 Chronicles 22:2, 1 Kings 6:7, 1 Chronicles 22:2, 1 Corinthians 3:1118And these were shaped by the stoneworkers of Solomon and the stoneworkers of Hiram. And the men of Gebal also prepared the wood and the stones in order to build the house.stylusJoshua 13:5, Joshua 13:5, Ezekiel 27:9, Ezekiel 27:9, Psalms 83:7