Solomon announced the building of the temple and palace so he conscripted 70,000 men as carriers and 80,000 men stonecutters with 3,600 men as foremen.
Then Solomon requested cedar logs from Hiram king of Tyre. He said that this was for the temple which was to be great because our God is greater than all other gods. He also requested a skilled worker in gold, silver, bronze and iron to work with his men. He proposed that their men should work together so as to provide plenty of timber, and he said he would in exchange support them with wheat, barley, wine and olive oil.
Hiram replied positively and told David he was sending skilled craftsman Huram-Abi to work with Israel's skilled men. Huram-Abi was a specialist with gold, silver, bronze and iron.
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