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fiue. 33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar peace betweene Hiram and Salomon, and they
tree that is in Lebanon, euen vnto the hyssope two made a couenant. 13 And King Salomon
that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of raised a summe out of all Israel, and the summe
beasts, and of foules, and of creeping thinges, and was thirtie thousand men: 14 Whome he sent to
of fishes. 34 And there came of all people to heare Lebanon, ten thousand a moneth by course: they
the wisedome of Salomon, from all Kings of the were a moneth in Lebanon, and two moneths
earth, which had heard of his wisedome. at home. And Adoniram was ouer the summe.
And Salomon had seuentie thousand that bare
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5 burdens, and fourescore thousand masons in
Besides the princes, whome
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the mountaine,
1 And Hiram King of Tyrus sent his seruants Salomon appoynted ouer the worke, euen three
vnto Salomon, (for he had heard, that they had thousande and three hundreth, which ruled the
anoynted him King in the roume of his father) people that wrought in the worke. 17 And the
because Hiram had euer loued Dauid. 2 Also King commanded them, and they brought great
Salomon sent to Hiram, saying, Thou knowest stones and costly stones to make the foundation
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that Dauid my father could not build an house of the house, euen hewed stones. 18 And Sa-
vnto the Name of the Lord his God, for the warres lomons workemen, and the workemen of Hiram,
which were about him on euery side, vntill the and the masons hewed and prepared timber and
Lord had put them vnder the soles of his feete. stones for the buylding of the house.
4 But now the Lord my God hath giuen me rest
on euery side, so that there is neither aduersarie, 6
nor euill to resist. 5 And beholde, I purpose to 1 And in the foure hundreth and foure score
build an house vnto ye Name of the Lord my God, yeere (after the children of Israel were come out
as the Lord spake vnto Dauid my father, saying, of the land of Egypt) and in the fourth yere of the
Thy sonne, whom I wil set vpon thy throne for reigne of Salomon ouer Israel, in the moneth Zif,
thee, he shall build an house vnto my Name. (which is the second moneth) he built the house
6 Now therefore commaund, that they hewe me of the Lord. And the house which King Salomon
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cedar trees out of Lebanon, and my seruants shall built for the Lord, was three score cubites long,
be with thy seruants, and vnto thee will I giue and twentie broade, and thirtie cubites hie. And
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the hire for thy seruants, according to all that the porch before the Temple of the house was
thou shalt appoynt: for thou knowest that there twentie cubites long according to the breadth
are none among vs, that can hewe timber like of the house, and ten cubites broade before the
vnto the Sidonians. 7 And when Hiram heard house. 4 And in the house he made windowes,
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the wordes of Salomon, he reioyced greatly, and broad without, and narrowe within. And by the
sayde, Blessed be the Lord this day, which hath wall of the house hee made galleries round about,
giuen vnto Dauid a wise sonne ouer this mightie euen by the walles of the house round about
people. 8 And Hiram sent to Salomon, saying, the Temple and the oracle, and made chambers
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I haue considered the things, for the which round about. The nethermost gallerie was fiue
thou sentest vnto me, and will accomplish all cubites broade, and the middlemost sixe cubites
broade, and the third seuen cubites broade: for
thy desire, concerning the cedar trees and firre he made restes round about without the house,
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trees. My seruants shall bring them downe from that the beames should not be fastened in the
Lebanon to the sea: and I will conuey them by walles of the house. 7 And when the house was
sea in raftes vnto the place that thou shalt shew built, it was built of stone perfite, before it was
me, and wil cause them to be discharged there, brought, so that there was neither hammer, nor
and thou shalt receiue them: nowe thou shalt doe axe, nor any toole of yron heard in the house,
mee a pleasure to minister foode for my familie. while it was in building. 8 The doore of the
10 So Hiram gaue Salomon cedar trees and firre middle chamber was in the right side of the
trees, euen his full desire. 11 And Salomon gaue house, and men went vp with winding stayres
Hiram twentie thousand measures of wheate for into the middlemost, and out of the middlemost
foode to his householde, and twentie measures of into the third. 9 So he built the house and
beaten oyle. Thus much gaue Salomon to Hiram finished it, and sieled the house being vawted
yere by yere. 12 And the Lord gaue Salomon with sieling of cedar trees. 10 And he built the
wisedome as he promised him. And there was galleries vpon al the wall of the house of fiue