9. My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea, and I will send them by sea in floats to the place that you shall name and will cause them to be discharged into your care there, and in return you will meet my wishes by giving food for my household.”
10. So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees as he desired.
11. Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand kors of wheat for his household and twenty baths of pure oil. This is what Solomon gave to Hiram each year.
12. The Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as He promised, and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon as they made a treaty together.
13. King Solomon drafted men from all Israel, totaling thirty thousand men.
14. He sent them to Lebanon in turns, ten thousand a month, with each spending a month in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram administered the labor force.