1 Kings 5:14

Contextual Overview

¹⁰In this way Hiram kept Solomon supplied with all the cedar and pine logs he wanted, ¹⁰ In this way Hiram kept Solomon supplied with all the cedar and juniper logs he wanted, ¹⁰So Hiram gave Solomon as much as he desired of the cedar and cypress timber. ¹⁰ So Hiram gave Solomon as much as he desired of the cedar and cypress timber. ¹⁰ Aud so Hiram gaue Solomon Cedar trees and firre trees according to all his desyre. ¹⁰ And Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees, all his desire. ¹⁰ So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar and fir logs that he wanted. ¹⁰ So Hiram supplied Solomon with all the timber of cedar and cypress that he desired, ¹⁰ So Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of fir according to all his desire. ¹⁰ So Hiram gaue Solomon Cedar trees, and Firre trees, according to all his desire.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a month: 1 Kings 4:7-19, 1 Chronicles 27:1-15

Adoniram: 1 Kings 4:6

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 12:18 - Adoram 2 Chronicles 8:8 - to pay 2 Chronicles 10:18 - Hadoram

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses,.... In their turns; these are the servants of his he proposed to be with Hiram's servants, assisting in cutting down the trees, and squaring the timber in Lebanon, 1 Kings 5:6;

a month they were in Lebanon, [and] two months at home; that they might not be overworked; for they wrought but four months in the year in the hard service in Lebanon, the rest of their time was spent in managing their domestic affairs; these were Israelites:

and Adoniram [was] over the levy: the same that was over the tribute or the collectors of the tax, 1 Kings 4:6; and, according to the Targum, these were such persons.