1 Kings 5:6 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁶ 1 And Solomon allowed Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat, for provision for his house, and twenty measures of the purest oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram every year.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ So, Hiram, command them to hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; my servants shall join yours, and I will give you whatever wages you set for your servants. For you know that no one among us can equal the skill of the Sidon men in cutting timber.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Now therefore command thou that they cut me cedar-trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants; and I will give thee hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt say: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that knoweth how to cut timber like unto the Sidonians.

Common English Bible

⁶ Now give the order and have the cedars of Lebanon cut down for me. My servants will work with your servants. I’ll pay your servants whatever price you set, because you know we have no one here who is skilled in cutting wood like the Sidonians.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Therefore, order that your servants may cut down for me cedars from Lebanon. And let my servants be with your servants. Then I will give to you, for the wages of your servants, whatever you will ask. For you know that there is not a man among my people who knows how to cut wood as well as the Sidonians."

1 Kings 5:6 Cross References

Genesis 10:15

5 And Chanaan begot Sidon, his firstborn, the Hethite,

1 Kings 10:26

Of the nations concerning which the Lord said to the children of Israel: You shall not go in unto them, neither shall any of them come in to yours: for they will most certainly turn away your heart to follow their gods. And to these was Solomon joined with a most ardent love.

1 Kings 5:7

2 And the Lord gave wisdom to Solomon, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they two made a league together.

1 Kings 6:16

1 And the house before the oracle he overlaid with most pure gold, and fastened on the plates with nails of gold.

1 Kings 6:20

5 The second cherub also was ten cubits: and the measure, and the work was the same in both the cherubims:

1 Kings 9:19

4 And the daughter of Pharao came up out of the city of David to her house, which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Mello.

1 Kings 9:27

And when the queen of Saba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had built,

1 Chronicles 22:4

The son, that shall be born to thee, shall be a most quiet man: for I will make him rest from all his enemies round about: and therefore he shall be called Peaceable: and I will give peace and quietness to Israel all his days.

2 Chronicles 1:14

And he numbered out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand to hew stones in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred to over- see them.

2 Chronicles 2:10

5 The wheat therefore, and the barley and the oil, and the wine, which thou, my lord, hast promised, send to thy servants.

2 Chronicles 2:8

3 I therefore have sent thee my father Hiram, a wise and most skilful man,

Ezra 3:7

2 But many of the priests and the Levites, and the chief of the fathers and the ancients that had seen the former temple; when they had the foundation of this temple before their eyes, wept with a loud voice: and many shouting for joy, lifted up their voice.

Psalm 29:5

A psalm of a canticle, at the dedication of David's house: I will extol thee, O Lord, for thou hast upheld me: and hast not made my enemies to rejoice over me.

Zechariah 11:12

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone to all people: all that shall lift it up shall be rent and torn, and all the kingdoms of the earth shall be gathered together against her.

Romans 12:17

Wherefore be subject of necessity, not only for wrath, but also for conscience' sake.

Ephesians 4:7

6 From whom the whole body, being compacted and fitly joined together, by what every joint supplieth, according to the operation in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body, unto the edifying of itself in charity.

Deuteronomy 17:16

The priests and Levites, and all that are of the same tribe, shall have no part nor inheritance with the rest of Israel, because they shall eat the sacrifices of the Lord, and his oblations,

Philippians 4:8

7 Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that may abound to your account.