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Hiram’s Reply to Solomon

7 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 Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying:

“I have received your message; I will do all you desire regarding the cedar and cypress [fn] timber. 9 My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea,[fn] 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 So Hiram provided Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber he wanted, 11 and year after year Solomon would provide Hiram with 20,000 cors of wheat [fn] as food for his household, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil.[fn]

12 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.[fn]

5:8 Or pine or juniper or fir; also in verse 10

5:9 That is, the Mediterranean Sea, also called the Great Sea

5:11 20,000 cors is approximately 124,800 bushels or 4.4 million liters (probably about 3,800 tons or 3,400 metric tons of wheat).

5:11 LXX (see also 2 Chronicles 2:10); 20,000 baths is approximately 116,000 gallons or 440,000 liters of olive oil; Hebrew twenty cors of pure oil or twenty cors of pressed oil

5:12 Forms of the Hebrew berit are translated in most passages as covenant.

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Hiram’s Reply to Solomon