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1 Kings 5:8-10
New English Translation
1 Kings 5:8-10
New English Translation
8 Hiram then sent this message to Solomon: “I received[a] the message you sent to me. I will give you all the cedars and evergreens you need.[b] 9 My servants will bring the timber down from Lebanon to the sea. I will send it by sea in raft-like bundles to the place you designate.[c] There I will separate the logs[d] and you can carry them away. In exchange you will supply the food I need for my royal court.”[e]
10 So Hiram supplied the cedars and evergreens Solomon needed,[f]
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- 1 Kings 5:8 tn Heb “heard.”
- 1 Kings 5:8 tn Heb “I will satisfy all your desire with respect to cedar wood and with respect to the wood of evergreens.”
- 1 Kings 5:9 tn Heb “I will place them [on? as?] rafts in the sea to the place where you designate to me.” This may mean he would send them by raft, or that he would tie them in raft-like bundles, and have ships tow them down to an Israelite port.
- 1 Kings 5:9 tn Heb “smash them,” i.e., untie the bundles.
- 1 Kings 5:9 tn Heb “as for you, you will satisfy my desire by giving food for my house.”
- 1 Kings 5:10 tn Heb “and Hiram gave to Solomon cedar wood and the wood of evergreens, all his desire.”
1 Kings 5:8-10
New International Version
1 Kings 5:8-10
New International Version
8 So Hiram sent word to Solomon:
“I have received the message you sent me and will do all you want in providing the cedar and juniper logs. 9 My men will haul them down from Lebanon to the Mediterranean Sea(A), and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate them and you can take them away. And you are to grant my wish by providing food(B) for my royal household.”
10 In this way Hiram kept Solomon supplied with all the cedar and juniper logs he wanted,
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