1 Kings 5:2-6

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2} Solomon sent this message to Hiram: ^{Tools
3} “You know my father David was not able to build a temple for the name of Yahweh his God. This was because of the warfare all around him until the Lord put his enemies under his feet.^(A) ^{Tools
4} The Lord my God has now given me rest all around; there is no enemy or crisis.^(B) ^{Tools
5} So I plan to build a temple for the name of Yahweh my God,^(C) 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.’^(D)

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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.”^(E)

Cross references:

A. 1 Kings 5:3: 1 Chronicles 28:2-3

B. 1 Kings 5:4: 1 Kings 4:24-25

C. 1 Kings 5:5: 2 Chronicles 2:4

D. 1 Kings 5:5: 2 Samuel 7:12-13

E. 1 Kings 5:6: 2 Chronicles 2:8