Preparations for Building the Temple^(A)

5 ^[a]When Hiram^(B) king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king to succeed his father David, he sent his envoys to Solomon, because he had always been on friendly terms with David.

¹¹ Now Hiram^(A) king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs and carpenters and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

David’s House and Family^(A)

14 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs,^(B) stonemasons and carpenters to build a palace for him.

³ Solomon sent this message to Hiram^[a](A) king of Tyre:

¹⁰ In this way Hiram kept Solomon supplied with all the cedar and juniper logs he wanted,

⁹ This is what the Lord says:

¹² But when Hiram went from Tyre to see the towns that Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them. ¹³ “What kind of towns are these you have given me, my brother?” he asked. And he called them the Land of Kabul,^[a](A) a name they have to this day. ¹⁴ Now Hiram had sent to the king 120 talents^[b] of gold.^(B)

¹³ King Solomon conscripted laborers^(A) from all Israel—thirty thousand men.