1 Kings 5:4-6
Christian Standard Bible
4 The Lord my God has now given me rest on every side; there is no enemy or misfortune.(A) 5 So I plan to build a temple for the name of the Lord my God,(B) according to what the Lord promised my father David: ‘I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the temple for my name.’(C)
6 “Therefore, command that cedars from Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants’ wages according to whatever you say, for you know that not a man among us knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”(D)
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