10 I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the trees, one hundred twenty thousand bushels[a] of wheat flour, one hundred twenty thousand bushels of barley, one hundred twenty thousand gallons[b] of wine, and one hundred twenty thousand gallons of oil.

Hiram’s Reply

11 Then King Hiram of Tyre wrote a letter[c] and sent it to Solomon:

Because the Lord loves his people, he set you over them as king.(A)

12 Hiram also said:

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth!(B) He gave King David a wise son with insight and understanding,(C) who will build a temple for the Lord and a royal palace for himself.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:10 Lit 20,000 cors
  2. 2:10 Lit 20,000 baths
  3. 2:11 Lit Tyre said in writing

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