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This is the amount of food that Solomon needed each day for himself and for everyone who ate at his table: 150 bushels of fine flour, 300 bushels of flour, 10 cattle that were fed grain, 20 cattle that were raised in the fields, 100 sheep, wild animals such as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and game birds.

Solomon had places to keep 4000 horses for his chariots and he had 12,000 horse soldiers.

And each month one of the twelve district governors gave King Solomon everything he needed for all the people who ate at the king's table.

The district governors also gave the king enough straw and barley for the chariot horses and the riding horses. Everyone brought this grain to the necessary places.

And so I ask you to help me. Send your men to Lebanon to cut down cedar trees for me. My servants will work with yours. I will pay you any price that you decide as your servants' wages, but I need your help. Our carpenters are not as good as the carpenters of Sidon."

Hiram was very happy when he heard what Solomon asked. He said, "I praise the Lord today for giving David a wise son to rule this great nation!"

Then Hiram sent this message to Solomon: "I heard what you asked for. I will give you all the cedar trees and the fir trees you want.

My servants will bring them down from Lebanon to the sea. Then I will tie them together and float them down the shore to the place you choose. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them from there. As payment for this, you will give food to all those who live in my palace."

Solomon gave Hiram about 120,000 bushels of wheat and about 120,000 gallons of pure olive oil every year for his family.

He chose a man named Adoniram to be in charge of them. Solomon divided the men into three groups with 10,000 men in each group. Each group worked one month in Lebanon and then went home for two months.

King Solomon commanded them to cut large, expensive stones for the foundation of the Temple.

Then Solomon and Hiram's builders and the men from Byblos carved the stones and prepared them and the logs for use in building the Temple.

"If you obey all my laws and commands, I will do for you what I promised your father David.

Solomon finished the inner room in the back part of the Temple. This room was for the Box of the Lord 's Agreement.

They also made doors for the entrance to the main room. They used olive wood to make a square doorframe.

King Solomon also built a palace for himself. It took 13 years to build Solomon's palace.

There were cedar beams going across the rows of columns. There were 15 beams for each section of columns, making a total of 45 beams. On top of these beams there were cedar boards for the ceiling.

Behind the Judgment Hall was a courtyard. The palace where Solomon lived was built around that courtyard and looked like the Judgment Hall. He also built the same kind of palace for his wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt.

King Solomon sent for a man named Huram who lived in Tyre and brought him to Jerusalem.

Huram made two bronze columns for the porch. Each column was 18 cubits tall and 12 cubits around. The columns were hollow and their metal walls were 3 inches thick.