1 Kings 5:6

Translations

Modern

Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging as the Sidonians.”

Traditional

Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.

Literal

And now command that they cut down for me cedars from Lebanon. And my servants will be with your servants, and for your servants I will pay wages to you according to whatever you say, for you know that there is none among us who has skill to cut trees like the Sidonians.”

Latin

Præcipe igitur ut præcidant mihi servi tui cedros de Libano, et servi mei sint cum servis tuis: mercedem autem servorum tuorum dabo tibi quamcumque petieris: scis enim quomodo non est in populo meo vir qui noverit ligna cædere sicut Sidonii.

Original

Hebrew

English

Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging as the Sidonians.”

Notes

1 Kings 5:6

Solomon's main message was his request for cedars from Lebanon, showing Hiram's broad commercial influence. Ancient Near Eastern writings often mention using Lebanese cedars to build and furnish temples and palaces.
Sidonians was a general term for Phoenicians. Sidon was older than Tyre.

1 Kings 5:2–6

Solomon sent a message to Hiram through his ambassadors. He said he planned to build a temple to honor the name of the Lord. This followed the desire of his father David, who had already made plans and gathered materials for its construction (2 Samuel 7:1–3; 1 Chronicles 17:1–15; 22:14–19; 28:9–12).

1 Kings 5:1–18

King Hiram of Tyre was a loyal friend of David (2 Samuel 5:11–12). This likely means they had a treaty. Hiram was an important ally and business partner (1 Kings 5:7–11, 18; 9:11, 26–28; 10:22). His name is a shorter version of Ahiram, found in other Phoenician writings.

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Ezra 3:7
They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.
2 Chronicles 2:10
I will pay your servants, the woodcutters, 20,000 cors of ground wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 20,000 baths of wine, and 20,000 baths of olive oil.”
Psalm 29:5
The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon.
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The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.
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1 Kings 6:9–10
So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.

Parallels

2 Chronicles 2:1–10

Places

Lebanon: A mountainous region known for its cedar trees Sidon: Phoenician city; home of Jezebel

Glossary

Alliance Hiram Kings, Books of First and Second Lebanon Postexilic Period Solomon (Person) Temple Tyre

Topics

Cedar: Furnished by Hiram, King of Tyre, for Solomon's Temple Commerce: Articles of Timber Commerce: Tyrians Covenants: Designed For: Promoting Commerce Diplomacy: Solomon, in his Alliance with Hiram Forests: Supplied Timber for Building Lebanon: Furnished: Wood for Solomon's Temple Sidon: The Inhabitants of, Contributed Cedar for the First and Second Temple The Cedar used In Building Temples the First Temple: Solomon: Contracted with Hiram for Wood, Stone, and Labour Treaty: Reciprocity Tyre: Kingdom of Men and Materials Sent From, to Solomon, for the Erection of the Temple and his Castles Tyre: Supplied: Stones and Timber for Building the Temple

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