9. My men will bring them from Lebanon down to the Mediterranean Sea. I'll make them into rafts. I'll float them to the place you want me to. When the rafts arrive, I'll separate the logs from each other. Then you can take them away. "And here's what I want in return. Provide food for all of the people in my palace."
10. So Hiram supplied Solomon with all of the cedar and pine logs he wanted.
11. Solomon gave Hiram 125,000 bushels of wheat as food for the people in his palace. He also gave him 115,000 gallons of oil that was made from pressed olives. He did that for Hiram year after year.
12. The Lord made Solomon wise, just as he had promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon. The two of them made a peace treaty.
13. King Solomon forced men from all over Israel to work hard for him. There were 30,000 of them.
14. He sent them off to Lebanon in groups of 10,000 each month. They spent one month in Lebanon. Then they spent two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of the people who were forced to work.
15. Solomon had 70,000 people who carried things. He had 80,000 who cut stones in the hills.
16. He had 3,300 men who were in charge of the project. They also directed the workers.
17. The people did what the king commanded. They removed large blocks of fine stone from a rock pit. They used them to provide a foundation for the temple.