A   And Hir&abar; kinge of Tire sent his seruauntes vnto Salomon, for he had heard, þt; they had anoynted hym kynge in the rowme of hys father. ^noteFor Hiram was euer a louer of Dauid. ^noteAnd Salomon sent to Hiram, saying: thou knowest ^note how that Dauid my father coulde not builde an house vnto the name of the Lorde hys God, for the warres which were aboute h&ibar; on euery side, vntyll the Lorde putt them vnder the soles of hys fete. But nowe the Lorde my God hath geu&ebar; me rest on euery syde, so that there is nether aduersarye, nor anye euyll plage. And behold, ^note I am determined to buyld an house vnto the name of the Lorde my God, as the Lorde spake vnto Dauid my father sayinge: thy sonne whom I wyll set vp&obar; thy seate for þe;, he shall buylde an house vnto my name. B   Nowe therfore, c&obar;maunde thou that they hewe me Cedar trees out of Libanon. And my seruauntes shalbe with thyne, and vnto the, wyll I geue þe; hyre for thy serua&ubar;tes, accordynge to all soche thynges as thou shalt appoynte, for thou knowest that ther are not amonge vs, that can skyll to hewe tymber, lyke vnto the Sidones.

Wh&abar; Hiram heard the wordes of Salom&obar;, he reioysed greatly, ∧ sayd. Blessed be þe; Lord this daye which hath geu&ebar; vnto dauid

The temple a wyse sonne ouer this myghty people. And Hiram sent to Salom&obar;, saying: I haue consydred the thynges which thou sentest to me for: ∧ will acc&obar;plysh all thy desyre, c&obar;cerning tymbre of Cedar trees &abar;d fyrre. C   My serua&ubar;tes shall bryng them fr&obar; Libanon to the see. And I will conuey them by ship vnto þe; place that thou shalt shewe me: ∧ wyll cause th&ebar; to be discharged there, &abar;d thou shalt receaue th&ebar;. And thou shalt do me a pleasure agayne yf thou minystre fode for myne house. And so Hiram gaue Salomon cedar trees ∧ firre trees, accordyng to all hys desyre. And Salomon gaue Hir&abar; .xx.M. quarters of whete for fode to his housholde, and twentye buttes of pure oyle. Thus much gaue Salom&obar; to Hiram yeare by yeare.

D   And the Lorde gaue Salomon wisdome as he promised him. And ther was peace betwene Hir&abar; and Salomon: ∧ they two were c&obar;federed together. And king Salomon reysed &club; a some out of all Israel. And the some was thirtye thousande men, whom he sent to Liban&obar; .x.M. a moneth by coursse, so that when they had bene one moneth in Liban&obar;, they abode two monethes at home.

And ^note Adonir&abar; was ouer the some. And Salomon had thre score and ten thousande that bare burth&ebar;s, and foure score thousand masons in the mountaynes, besydes the lordes, wh&obar; Salom&obar; appoynted to ouer se the worke, euen thre thousand and thre h&ubar;dred, which ruled the people (and them) þt; wrought in the worke. And the kynge commaunded them to bryng great stones, weighty stones and hewed stones for the foundacion of the house. And Salomons masons and the masons of Hiram dyd hewe them, &wt; the workm&ebar; of the corners. And so they prepared both tymbre ∧ stones for the buildyng of þe; house.

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