1 Kings 5:10-18

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹⁰So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar and cypress trees he desired,

¹¹And Solomon gave Hiram 20,000 measures of wheat for food for his household, and 20 measures of pure, beaten oil. He gave these to Hiram yearly.

¹²The Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as He promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they made a treaty.

¹³King Solomon raised a levy [of forced labor] out of all Israel; and the levy was 30,000 men.

¹⁴He sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month by divisions; one month they were in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was over the levy.

¹⁵And Solomon had 70,000 burden bearers and 80,000 hewers [of stone] in the hill country of Judah,

¹⁶Besides Solomon’s 3,300 overseers in charge of the people doing the work.

¹⁷The king commanded, and they hewed and brought out ^[a]great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stone.

¹⁸Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the men of Gebal did the hewing and prepared the timber and stones to build the house.

1 Kings 5:17 These great foundation stones remain to this day. One of them is almost thirty-nine feet long, one of the most interesting stones of the world. It is the chief cornerstone of the Mosque of Omar’s massive wall, placed in its present position 3,000 years ago. Markings on the stones represent the culture of Phoenicia, the region around Tyre from which Solomon received building materials for the temple.