And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar wood, and carpenters, and stone masons; and they built a house for David.

And David knew that the Lord had prepared him to be king over Israel, and that his kingdom was exalted for the sake of His people Israel.

And these [are] the names of those that were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.

And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to anoint Solomon in the place of David his father, because Hiram always loved David.

And he sent to Solomon, saying, I have listened concerning all that you have sent to me, for I will do all your will: [as for] timber of cedar and fir,

So Hiram gave to Solomon cedars, and fir trees, and all his desire.

And the Lord gave wisdom to Solomon as He promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they made a covenant between them.

And Hiram king of Tyre answered in writing, and sent to Solomon, saying, Because the Lord loved His people, He made you king over them.

And Hiram said, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given to King David a wise son, and one endowed with knowledge and understanding, who shall build a house for the Lord, and a house for his kingdom.

And David gave orders to gather all the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he appointed stone hewers to hew polished stones to build the house to God.

And now command, and let [men] cut wood for me out of Lebanon. And behold, my servants [shall be] with your servants, and I will give you the wages of your service, according to all that you shall say, because you know that we have no one skilled in cutting timber like the Sidonians.

my servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea: I will form them [into] rafts, [and bring them] to the place which you shall send to me [about]; and I will land them there, and you shall take [them] up; and you shall do my will, in giving bread to my household.

So Hiram gave to Solomon cedars, and fir trees, and all his desire.

And they prepared the stones and the timber [during] three years.

And Solomon sent to Hiram king of Tyre, saying, Whereas you dealt [favorably] with David my father, and sent him cedars to build for himself a house to dwell in,

And send me from Lebanon cedar wood, and wood of juniper, and pine; for I know that your servants are skilled in cutting timber in Lebanon: and behold, your servants shall go with my servants,

And behold, I have given freely to your servants that work and cut the wood, grain for food, [even] twenty thousand measures of wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand measures of wine, and twenty thousand measures of oil.

And they gave money to the stone masons and carpenters, and food and drink, and oil, to the Sidonians, and Tyrians, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant of Cyrus king of the Persians to them.

And it came to pass as David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord [is] under [curtains] of skins.

that the king said to Nathan the prophet, Behold now, I live in a house of cedar, and the ark of the Lord dwells in the midst of a tent.

And Solomon built a house for himself in thirteen years.

And he formed the house with chambers above on the sides of the pillars, and the number of the pillars [was] forty-five,

And all the doors and spaces formed like chambers [were] square, and from door to door [was a correspondence] in three rows.

And [there was] the Porch of Seats where he would judge, the Porch of Judgment.

All these [were] of costly stones, sculptured at intervals within even from the foundation even to the top, and outward to the great court,

And above with costly stones, according to the measure of hewn stones, and with cedars.

[Woe to] him that builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper chambers by injustice, who uses his neighbor's service without wages, and gives him nothing for his work.

Shall you reign because you are provoked with your father Ahaz? They shall not eat, and they shall not drink: it is better for you to execute justice and righteousness.