1 Now it was Solomon's purpose to put up a house for the name of the Lord and a house for himself as king.
2 And Solomon had seventy thousand men numbered for transport, and eighty thousand for cutting stone in the mountains, and three thousand, six hundred as overseers.
3 And Solomon sent to Huram, king of Tyre, saying, As you did for my father David, sending him cedar-trees for the building of his house,
4 See! I am building a house for the name of the Lord my God, to be made holy to him, where perfumes of sweet spices will be burned before him, and the holy bread will be placed at all times, and burned offerings will be offered morning and evening, on the Sabbaths and at the new moons, and on the regular feasts of the Lord our God. This is a law for ever to Israel.
5 And the house which I am building is to be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
6 But who may have strength enough to make a house for him, seeing that the heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be his resting-place? who am I then to make a house for him? But I am building it only for the burning of perfume before him.
7 So now send me an expert worker in gold and silver and brass and iron? in purple and red and blue, and in the cutting of all sorts of ornament, to be with the expert workmen who are here in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom my father David got together.
8 And send me cedar-trees, cypress-trees and sandal-wood from Lebanon, for, to my knowledge, your servants are expert wood-cutters in Lebanon; and my servants will be with yours,
9 To get trees for me in great numbers, for the house which I am building is to be great and a wonder.
10 And I will give as food to your servants, the wood-cutters, twenty thousand measures of grain, and twenty thousand measures of barley and twenty thousand measures of wine and twenty thousand measures of oil.
11 Then Huram, king of Tyre, sent Solomon an answer in writing, saying, Because of his love for his people the Lord has made you king over them.
12 And Huram said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, maker of heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, full of wisdom and good sense, to be the builder of a house for the Lord and a house for himself as king.
13 And now I am sending you a wise and expert man, Huram who is as my father,
14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, whose father was a man of Tyre, an expert worker in gold and silver and brass and iron, in stone and wood, in purple and blue and fair linen and red, trained in the cutting of every sort of ornament and the invention of every sort of design; let him be given a place among your expert workmen and those of my lord, your father David.
15 So now let my lord send to his servants the grain and the oil and the wine as my lord has said;
16 And we will have wood cut from Lebanon, as much as you have need of, and will send it to you on flat boats by sea to Joppa, and from there you may take it up to Jerusalem.
17 Then Solomon took the number of all the men from strange lands who were living in Israel, as his father David had done; there were a hundred and fifty-three thousand, six hundred.
18 Seventy thousand he put to the work of transport, eighty thousand to cutting stone in the mountains, and three thousand, six hundred as overseers to put the people to work.
1 所罗门决意要为耶和华的名建造殿宇， 又为自己建造王宫。（本节在《马索拉抄本》为1:18）
2 于是， 所罗门选派了七万人作挑夫， 八万人在山上凿石， 三千六百人作督工。（本节在《马索拉抄本》为2:1）
3 所罗门派人去见推罗王希兰说： "你怎样待我的父亲大卫， 给他运来香柏木， 为他建造宫殿居住， 请你也这样待我。
4 现在我要为耶和华我 神的名建造殿宇， 分别为圣献给他， 在他面前焚烧芬芳的香， 经常摆上陈设饼， 每日早晚、安息日、初一， 以及耶和华我们的 神所定的节日， 都献上燔祭； 这是以色列人永远的定例。
5 我要建造的殿宇必须宏伟， 因为我们的 神伟大， 超过众神之上。
6 但谁能为他建造殿宇呢？天和天上的天也容不下他； 我是谁， 怎能为他建造殿宇？我不过在他面前烧香罢了。
7 现在请你派一个巧匠到我这里来， 他要精于使用金、银、铜、铁和紫色朱红色蓝色线工作， 并且懂得雕刻， 好与我的父亲大卫在犹大和耶路撒冷预备的巧匠一同工作。
8 又请你从黎巴嫩运送香柏木、松木和檀香木到我这里来， 因为我知道你的臣仆善于砍伐黎巴嫩的树木； 我的臣仆可以和你的臣仆一同工作。
9 给我预备大量的木材， 因为我要建造的那殿宇， 将会十分宏伟。
10 至于你的仆人， 就是砍伐树木的人， 我必给他们食物， 就是小麦二万公吨、大麦二万公吨、酒四十万公升、油四十万公升。"
11 推罗王希兰回信给所罗门说： "耶和华因为爱自己的子民， 所以立你作他们的王。"
12 希兰又说： "创造天地的耶和华以色列的 神， 是应当称颂的！ 因为他赐给大卫王一个有智慧的儿子， 有聪明有见识， 可以为耶和华建造殿宇， 为自己建造王宫。
13 现在我派一个技艺精巧、满有聪明的人来， 他是我父亲希兰的匠人。
14 他是但支派一个妇人的儿子， 他的父亲是推罗人。他精于使用金、银、铜、铁、石、木， 以及紫色蓝色朱红色线和细麻作工， 也能作各样雕刻的工作， 又能设计各样交托他们的巧工。这人可以和你的巧匠， 以及我主你父亲大卫的巧匠一同工作。
15 我主所说的小麦、大麦、酒和油， 请派人运来给众仆人。
16 我们必照着你所需要的， 从黎巴嫩砍下树木， 扎成木筏， 从海上运到约帕， 你可以从那里把它们运上耶路撒冷。"
17 所罗门按照他父亲大卫数点的数目， 又数点了住在以色列地所有的外族人， 他们共有十五万三千六百人。
18 他选派七万人作挑夫， 八万人在山上凿石头， 三千六百人作监工， 督促人民工作。