BRAGADAYJAH 993

BRAGADAYJAH 993

Hiram King of Tyre

And at that time, Hiram King of Tyre sent servants to Solomon, because he had heard of Solomon’s wisdom; for he heard that Solomon had succeeded his father David as king, and Hiram was an admirer of David. And Solomon’s response to Hiram was to remind him that David his father wanted to, but could not build a house unto the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars in which he was involved in on all sides, although the Lord had put them all under his feet. But that now the Lord had given him rest on every side so that there was no longer any adversary or evil around. Accordingly, he had purposed to build a house unto the name of his Lord, his God, according as the Lord had spoken to his father saying, “Thy son whom I shall set on my throne in thy room he shall build a house unto my name”  “Now, therefore, I command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon and my servants shall be with thy servants and unto thee I give hire to your servant according to all that thou shall appoint.  For thou knowest that there is not among us any that have the skills to hew timber like the Sidonians.  And it came to pass that when Hiram heard the words of Solomon that he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the Lord this day who has given to David a wise son to rule over this great people

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