1 Kings 5:18

Contemporary English Version 1995

Solomon's and Hiram's men worked with men from the city of Gebal, and together they got the stones and logs ready for the temple.

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Experienced men from Byblos repaired any damages. Sailors from all over shopped at the stores in your port.

Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia and Phoenicia.

David ordered the foreigners living in Israel to come to Jerusalem. Then he assigned some to cut blocks of stone for building the temple.

Now, thanks to the Lord God, there is peace in my kingdom and no trouble or threat of war anywhere.