1 Kings 5:6

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots and twelve thousand horsemen.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Now therefore command that they cut me cedar trees from Lebanon, and my servants will be with your servants, and I will give you hire for your servants according to all that you designate, for you know that there is none among us who can skillfully cut timber like the Sidonians.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Now therefore command{H6680} thou that they cut{H3772} me cedar-trees{H730} out of Lebanon;{H3844} and my servants{H5650} shall be with thy servants;{H5650} and I will give{H5414} thee hire{H7939} for thy servants{H5650} according to all that thou shalt say:{H559} for thou knowest{H3045} that there is not among us any{H376} that knoweth{H3045} how to cut{H3772} timber{H6086} like unto the Sidonians.{H6722}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Now therefore command{H6680}{(H8761)} thou that they hew{H3772}{(H8799)} me cedar trees{H730} out of Lebanon{H3844}; and my servants{H5650} shall be with thy servants{H5650}: and unto thee will I give{H5414}{(H8799)} hire{H7939} for thy servants{H5650} according to all that thou shalt appoint{H559}{(H8799)}: for thou knowest{H3045}{(H8804)} that there is not among us any{H376} that can skill{H3045}{(H8802)} to hew{H3772}{(H8800)} timber{H6086} like unto the Sidonians{H6722}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Commaunde therfore that they hewe me downe Ceders out of Libanus, and that thy seruauntes be with my seruauntes, & the rewarde of thy seruauntes wyll I geue the, what so euer thou shalt axe: for thou knowest, yt with vs there is no ma which can hewe tymber as the Sidonians.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Now therefore commaund, that they hewe me cedar trees out of Lebanon, and my seruants shall be with thy seruants, and vnto thee will I giue the hire for thy seruants, according to all that thou shalt appoynt: for thou knowest that there are none among vs, that can hewe timber like vnto the Sidonians.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Now therefore commaund thou that they hewe me Cedar trees out of Libanon, & my seruautes shalbe with thyne, and vnto thee wyll I geue the hyre for thy seruauntes, accordyng to all such thinges as thou shalt appoynt: for thou knowest that there are not among vs that can skyl to hewe tymber, lyke vnto the Sidones.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Now therefore command you that they cut me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with your servants; and I will give you hire for your servants according to all that you shall say: for you know that there is not among us any who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `And now, command, and they cut down for me cedars out of Lebanon, and my servants are with thy servants, and the hire of thy servants I give to thee according to all that thou sayest, for thou hast known that there is not among us a man acquainted with cutting wood, like the Sidonians.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    So now, will you have cedar-trees from Lebanon cut down for me, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you payment for your servants at whatever rate you say; for it is common knowledge that we have no such wood-cutters among us as the men of Zidon.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Now therefore command that they cut me cedar trees out of Lebanon. My servants shall be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants according to all that you shall say. For you know that there is not among us any who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So now order some cedars of Lebanon to be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants. I will pay your servants whatever you say is appropriate, for you know that we have no one among us who knows how to cut down trees like the Sidonians.”

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 2:8 : 8 Provide a large amount of timber for me, because the house I am building will be great and extraordinary.
  • 2 Chr 2:10 : 10 Hiram, king of Tyre, replied in writing and sent it to Solomon: "Because of the LORD's love for His people, He has made you their king."
  • Ezra 3:7 : 7 They gave money to the stonecutters and carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, so they would bring cedar wood by sea from Lebanon to Joppa, according to the permission granted by Cyrus king of Persia.
  • Ps 29:5 : 5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon.
  • Rom 12:17 : 17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone.
  • 1 Cor 12:14-21 : 14 Indeed, the body is not one member but many. 15 If the foot should say, 'Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,' it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, 'Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,' it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But now God has arranged the members, each one of them, in the body just as He desired. 19 If they were all one member, where would the body be? 20 But as it is, there are many members, yet one body. 21 The eye cannot say to the hand, 'I have no need of you,' nor can the head say to the feet, 'I have no need of you.'
  • Eph 4:7 : 7 Now grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift.
  • Phil 4:8 : 8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable—if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise—think about these things.
  • Gen 10:15 : 15 Canaan fathered Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth,
  • 1 Kgs 6:9-9 : 9 So he built the house and finished it, and he covered the house with beams and rows of cedar boards. 10 He also built the annex against the entire house, five cubits high, and it was attached to the house with cedar beams.
  • 1 Kgs 6:16 : 16 He built twenty cubits at the rear of the house with cedar boards, from the floor to the walls, to form the inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
  • 1 Kgs 6:20 : 20 The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the altar with cedar.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Chr 2:6-16
    11 verses
    87%

    6 So now, send me a skilled craftsman, knowledgeable in working with gold, silver, bronze, iron, purple, crimson, and blue yarn, and able to engrave designs. He will work with the skilled craftsmen who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.

    7 Also, send me cedar, cypress, and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your servants are skilled in cutting timber there. My servants will work alongside your servants.

    8 Provide a large amount of timber for me, because the house I am building will be great and extraordinary.

    9 I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the timber, twenty thousand cors of crushed wheat, twenty thousand cors of barley, twenty thousand gallons of wine, and twenty thousand gallons of oil.

    10 Hiram, king of Tyre, replied in writing and sent it to Solomon: "Because of the LORD's love for His people, He has made you their king."

    11 Hiram said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son, endowed with insight and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a palace for himself."

    12 Now I have sent you a skilled and insightful craftsman, Huram-Abi.

    13 He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father is a man of Tyre. He is knowledgeable in working with gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, as well as with purple, blue, fine linen, and crimson. He is skilled in engraving all kinds of designs and can work with your craftsmen and the craftsmen of my lord David, your father.

    14 Now, let my lord send the wheat, barley, oil, and wine that he has promised to his servants.

    15 We will cut timber from Lebanon, as much as you need. We will float it in rafts by sea to Joppa, and you can then take it up to Jerusalem.

    16 Then Solomon counted all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, as his father David had counted them, and they were found to be 153,600.

  • 1 Kgs 5:7-10
    4 verses
    80%

    7 These officers provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table, each during his assigned month, without fail.

    8 They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the proper places, each officer according to his duty.

    9 God gave Solomon wisdom, very great understanding, and vast insight, as expansive as the sand on the seashore.

    10 Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.

  • 2 Chr 2:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2 Solomon sent word to Hiram, the king of Tyre, saying, "Just as you dealt with my father David, and sent him cedar timber to build a house to live in,"

    3 "I am now building a house in honor of the name of the LORD my God. It will be dedicated to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, arranging the bread of presence continuously, and offering burnt offerings every morning and evening, on Sabbaths, new moons, and appointed feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for Israel forever."

  • 1 Kgs 5:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2 Solomon's daily provisions were thirty measures of the finest flour and sixty measures of regular flour.

    3 This included ten fattened head of cattle, twenty pasture-fed cattle, and a hundred sheep—besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.

  • 1 Chr 14:1
    77%

    1 King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar wood, stonemasons, and carpenters to build him a palace.

  • 1 Chr 22:4
    76%

    4 He also supplied cedar logs without number, for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought great quantities of cedar logs to David.

  • 1 Chr 22:15
    76%

    15 Moreover, you have an abundance of workers—stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and every kind of skilled craftsman.

  • 1 Kgs 5:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17 You know that my father, David, could not build a house for the name of the LORD his God because of the wars waged against him from all directions until the LORD put his enemies under the soles of his feet.

    18 But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor misfortune.

  • 2 Sam 5:11
    76%

    11 Hiram, king of Tyre, sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

  • 2 Kgs 22:6
    73%

    6 the carpenters, builders, and masons. It shall also be used to buy timber and quarried stone for repairing the house.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    73%

    5 Judah and Israel lived in safety, each man under his own vine and fig tree, from Dan to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 9:27
    73%

    27 Hiram sent his servants, experienced sailors, who knew the sea, to work with Solomon's servants on the fleet.

  • 1 Kgs 7:13
    73%

    13 King Solomon sent for Hiram from Tyre.

  • Ezek 27:5
    72%

    5 They made all your planks from cypress trees from Senir; they took cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

  • 1 Kgs 5:15
    72%

    15 King Hiram of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, for he had heard that Solomon had been anointed king in place of his father, David, and Hiram had always been a friend of David.

  • 1 Kgs 7:2
    72%

    2 He constructed the House of the Forest of Lebanon, which was one hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, supported by four rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams on top of the columns.

  • 1 Kgs 6:15
    71%

    15 He built the walls of the house on the inside with cedar boards, from the floor of the house to the ceiling, overlaying the interior with wood, and he covered the floor of the house with cypress planks.

  • 2 Chr 9:27
    71%

    27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as plentiful as sycamore trees in the foothills.

  • 1 Chr 28:21
    71%

    21 The divisions of the priests and Levites are ready for all the service of the temple of God, and every willing volunteer skilled in any craft will assist you in all the work. The officials and all the people will be at your command.

  • Song 3:9
    71%

    9 King Solomon made himself a carriage from the woods of Lebanon.

  • 1 Kgs 6:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11 Then the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying:

    12 Concerning this house that you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and carry out my ordinances, and keep all my commandments by walking in them, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.

  • 1 Chr 17:6
    71%

    6 In all the places where I walked with Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?"

  • Ezra 3:7
    70%

    7 They gave money to the stonecutters and carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, so they would bring cedar wood by sea from Lebanon to Joppa, according to the permission granted by Cyrus king of Persia.

  • Exod 31:5
    70%

    5 to cut and set stones, to carve wood, and to engage in all forms of craftsmanship.

  • 1 Kgs 10:27
    70%

    27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the lowlands.

  • 2 Chr 34:11
    70%

    11 They gave it to the craftsmen and builders to buy dressed stones, timber for joists, and beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to fall into ruin.

  • 2 Chr 9:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10 Moreover, the servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, who had brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum wood and precious stones.

    11 The king made the algum wood into steps for the house of the LORD and the king's palace, also harps and lyres for the singers. Nothing like them had ever been seen before in the land of Judah.

  • 2 Chr 1:15
    70%

    15 The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore trees in the foothills.

  • 1 Kgs 9:11
    70%

    11 King Hiram of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar, juniper wood, and gold, according to all his desire. King Solomon then gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

  • 1 Kgs 10:12
    69%

    12 The king used the almug wood to make supports for the temple of the LORD and for the royal palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians. Such fine almug wood has never been imported or seen since that day.

  • 1 Kgs 6:9
    69%

    9 So he built the house and finished it, and he covered the house with beams and rows of cedar boards.

  • 1 Kgs 6:18
    69%

    18 The cedar within the house was carved with gourds and open flowers. All was cedar; no stone could be seen.

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