Solomon

From Dan to Be'er-Sheva, Y'hudah and Isra'el lived securely, every man under his vine and fig tree, throughout the lifetime of Shlomo.

Shlomo also had 40,000 stalls for the horses used with his chariots and 12,000 horsemen.

Those officers [named above] supplied food and other materials for King Shlomo and for everyone for whom Shlomo provided. Each was responsible for his month's supplies; they saw to it that nothing was lacking.

God gave Shlomo exceptional wisdom and understanding, as well as a heart as vast as the sandy beach by the sea.

Shlomo's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of the people from the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.

People from all nations came to hear the wisdom of Shlomo, including kings from all over the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

Hiram king of Tzor sent his servants to Shlomo, because he had heard that they had anointed him king in his father's place, and Hiram had always loved David.

Shlomo returned this message to Hiram:

When Hiram heard Shlomo's message, he was very happy and said, "Blessed be ADONAI today, who has given David a wise son to rule this great people."

Then Hiram sent Shlomo this message: "I have heard the message you sent me, and I will do everything you want concerning cedar logs and cypress logs.

So Hiram gave Shlomo all the cedar logs and cypress logs he wanted;

and Shlomo gave Hiram 100,000 bushels of wheat as food for his household and a thousand gallons of oil from pressed olives - this is what Shlomo gave Hiram each year.

ADONAI gave Shlomo wisdom, as he had promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Shlomo - the two of them formed an alliance together.

King Shlomo conscripted 30,000 men from all Isra'el for forced labor.

Shlomo had 70,000 men to carry loads and another 80,000 stonecutters in the hills,

besides Shlomo's 3,300 supervisors who were in charge of the people doing the work.

Shlomo's and Hiram's builders, along with the men from G'val, worked the stones and prepared the timber and stones for building the house.

It was in the 480th year after the people of Isra'el had left the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Shlomo's reign over Isra'el, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of ADONAI.

The house which King Shlomo built for ADONAI was 105 feet long, thirty-five feet wide and fifty-two-and-a-half feet high.

Then this word of ADONAI came to Shlomo:

So Shlomo finished building the house.

Shlomo overlaid the interior of the house with pure gold and had chains of gold placed before the sanctuary, which itself he overlaid with gold.

Shlomo built a palace for himself, taking thirteen years to finish it.

His own living quarters, in the other courtyard, set back from the Hall, were similarly designed. He also made a house like this Hall for Pharaoh's daughter, whom Shlomo had taken as his wife.

King Shlomo sent for Hiram and brought him from Tzor.