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I Kings Chapter 5

I Kings
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I Kings

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In this chapter the king Solomon begins the construction of the temple of the Lord, but the people of Israel are still disobedient, worshiping other gods and causing unrest. The narrative highlights the contrast between divine worship and human idolatry, and the importance of faithful obedience to God's commands.

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(1) And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.
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I Kings 5:10I Kings 5:13I Kings 9:12I Kings 9:13I Kings 9:14II Chronicles 2:3II Samuel 8:10II Samuel 10:1II Samuel 10:2Psalms 45:12II Samuel 5:11I Chronicles 14:1

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I Kings 9:11I Kings 5:11I Kings 7:40I Kings 7:13I Kings 9:12I Kings 5:12

(2) And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
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II Chronicles 2:3

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I Kings 5:11I Kings 9:11I Kings 5:1I Kings 5:12I Kings 7:40I Kings 1:51

(3) Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
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II Samuel 7:5II Samuel 7:6II Samuel 7:7II Samuel 7:8II Samuel 7:9II Samuel 7:10II Samuel 7:11I Chronicles 22:4I Chronicles 22:5I Chronicles 22:6II Chronicles 6:6II Chronicles 6:7

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Ezekiel 1:7Luke 7:38

(4) But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
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I Kings 4:24I Chronicles 22:9Psalms 72:7Isaiah 9:7Acts 9:31

(5) And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.
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II Chronicles 2:1II Chronicles 2:2II Chronicles 2:3II Chronicles 2:4II Chronicles 2:5II Chronicles 2:6II Chronicles 2:7II Chronicles 2:8II Samuel 7:12II Samuel 7:13I Chronicles 17:12I Chronicles 22:10

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I Kings 8:19II Chronicles 2:6II Chronicles 6:9Ezra 4:3Psalms 127:1Zechariah 6:13

(6) 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.
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I Kings 6:9I Kings 6:10I Kings 6:16I Kings 6:20II Chronicles 2:8II Chronicles 2:10Psalms 29:5Romans 12:17Philippians 4:8I Corinthians 12:14I Corinthians 12:15I Corinthians 12:16

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II Chronicles 2:8II Kings 19:23II Kings 14:9II Chronicles 25:18Leviticus 23:40Numbers 24:6

(7) And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.
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I Kings 10:9II Chronicles 2:11II Chronicles 2:12II Chronicles 9:7II Chronicles 9:8Psalms 122:6Psalms 122:7Psalms 137:6I Kings 1:48Genesis 33:5Isaiah 8:18Isaiah 9:6

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I Kings 5:11I Kings 9:11I Kings 5:1I Kings 5:12I Kings 7:40I Kings 1:51

(8) And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
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I Kings 6:15I Kings 6:34II Samuel 6:5II Chronicles 3:5

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Jeremiah 16:3Jeremiah 27:19I Kings 9:11I Kings 5:10Numbers 30:12Ruth 4:7

(9) My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
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Deuteronomy 3:25II Chronicles 2:16II Chronicles 1:15Ezra 3:7Ezekiel 27:17Acts 12:20

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Genesis 41:48Proverbs 27:27II Kings 14:9II Chronicles 25:18

(10) So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.
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I Kings 9:11II Chronicles 2:8Leviticus 23:40II Kings 19:23Numbers 24:6II Chronicles 1:15

(11) And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.
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I Kings 4:22II Chronicles 2:10

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II Chronicles 2:10I Kings 9:11I Kings 6:20I Kings 8:63II Chronicles 7:5Ezekiel 45:12

(12) And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.
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I Kings 3:12I Kings 4:29II Chronicles 1:12James 1:5I Kings 15:19Genesis 21:32Amos 1:9

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I Kings 5:11I Kings 9:11I Kings 1:51I Kings 1:53II Chronicles 9:1I Kings 11:41

(13) And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
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I Kings 4:6I Kings 9:15

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I Kings 9:15Judges 10:4Judges 12:9I Kings 9:21I Kings 1:51I Kings 1:53

(14) And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.
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I Kings 4:7I Kings 4:8I Kings 4:9I Kings 4:10I Kings 4:11I Kings 4:12I Kings 4:13I Kings 4:14I Kings 4:15I Kings 4:16I Kings 4:17I Kings 4:18

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Esther 3:7Genesis 8:5Exodus 12:18I Chronicles 27:1II Chronicles 29:17II Kings 14:9

(15) And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
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I Kings 9:20I Kings 9:21I Kings 9:22II Chronicles 2:17II Chronicles 2:18II Chronicles 8:7II Chronicles 8:8II Chronicles 8:9Ezra 2:58Nehemiah 7:57Nehemiah 7:60

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II Chronicles 2:2II Chronicles 2:18II Chronicles 9:1II Chronicles 14:8I Kings 11:31Psalms 90:10

(16) Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
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I Kings 9:23II Chronicles 2:2

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Leviticus 23:38I Kings 9:23

(17) And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
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I Kings 6:7I Kings 7:9I Chronicles 22:2Isaiah 28:16I Corinthians 3:11I Corinthians 3:12I Peter 2:6I Peter 2:7Revelation 21:14Revelation 21:15Revelation 21:16Revelation 21:17

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I Chronicles 29:2I Kings 7:10I Kings 7:9I Kings 7:11Genesis 31:46Exodus 25:7

(18) And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
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Joshua 13:5Psalms 83:7Ezekiel 27:9

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I Chronicles 29:2I Kings 7:10I Chronicles 22:2I Chronicles 22:14I Kings 5:17I Kings 5:6

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