## I Kings Chapter 5

###### I Kings 5:1
[I Kings 5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:1)

וּשְׁלֹמֹ֗ה הָיָ֤ה מוֹשֵׁל֙ בְּכׇל־הַמַּמְלָכ֔וֹת מִן־הַנָּהָר֙ אֶ֣רֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וְעַ֖ד גְּב֣וּל מִצְרָ֑יִם מַגִּשִׁ֥ים מִנְחָ֛ה וְעֹבְדִ֥ים אֶת־שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה כׇּל־יְמֵ֥י חַיָּֽיו׃{פ}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Shlomo ruled over all the kingdoms, from the [Euphrates] river to the land of the Pelishtim, to the border of Mitzrayim. They brought gifts and served Shlomo all the days of his life.


###### I Kings 5:2
[I Kings 5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:2)

וַיְהִ֥י לֶֽחֶם־שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה לְי֣וֹם אֶחָ֑ד שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים כֹּר֙ סֹ֔לֶת וְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים כֹּ֖ר קָֽמַח׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The food for Shlomo’s table for one day consisted of: thirty *kor* of fine flour, and sixty *kor* of unrefined flour.


###### I Kings 5:3
[I Kings 5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:3)

עֲשָׂרָ֨ה בָקָ֜ר בְּרִאִ֗ים וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים בָּקָ֛ר רְעִ֖י וּמֵ֣אָה צֹ֑אן לְ֠בַ֠ד מֵאַיָּ֤ל וּצְבִי֙ וְיַחְמ֔וּר וּבַרְבֻּרִ֖ים אֲבוּסִֽים׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Ten fat oxen, twenty pastured oxen and one hundred sheep. In addition to gazelle, deer, antelope and fattened fowl.


###### I Kings 5:4
[I Kings 5:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:4)

כִּי־ה֞וּא רֹדֶ֣ה**׀** בְּכׇל־עֵ֣בֶר הַנָּהָ֗ר מִתִּפְסַח֙ וְעַד־עַזָּ֔ה בְּכׇל־מַלְכֵ֖י עֵ֣בֶר הַנָּהָ֑ר וְשָׁל֗וֹם הָ֥יָה ל֛וֹ מִכׇּל־עֲבָרָ֖יו מִסָּבִֽיב׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
For he ruled over the entire side of the river, from Tifsach to Aza, over all the kings of this side of the river. He enjoyed peace on all sides all around.


###### I Kings 5:5
[I Kings 5:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:5)

וַיֵּ֩שֶׁב֩ יְהוּדָ֨ה וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל לָבֶ֗טַח אִ֣ישׁ תַּ֤חַת גַּפְנוֹ֙ וְתַ֣חַת תְּאֵנָת֔וֹ מִדָּ֖ן וְעַד־בְּאֵ֣ר שָׁ֑בַע כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֥י שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Yehudah and Yisroel lived securely, each man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Don to Ber-sheva; during all the days of Shlomo.


###### I Kings 5:6
[I Kings 5:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:6)

וַיְהִ֣י לִשְׁלֹמֹ֗ה אַרְבָּעִ֥ים אֶ֛לֶף אֻֽרְוֺ֥ת סוּסִ֖ים לְמֶרְכָּב֑וֹ וּשְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֥ר אֶ֖לֶף פָּרָשִֽׁים׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Shlomo possessed forty thousand stables of horses for his chariots; and twelve thousand horsemen.


###### I Kings 5:7
[I Kings 5:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:7)

וְכִלְכְּלוּ֩ הַנִּצָּבִ֨ים הָאֵ֜לֶּה אֶת־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה וְאֵ֧ת כׇּל־הַקָּרֵ֛ב אֶל־שֻׁלְחַ֥ן הַמֶּלֶךְ־שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה אִ֣ישׁ חׇדְשׁ֑וֹ לֹ֥א יְעַדְּר֖וּ דָּבָֽר׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
These [twelve] officers supplied provisions for Shlomo Ha Melech, and for all who were near to the table of Shlomo Ha Melech. Each one of them was responsible for his month. They omitted nothing.


###### I Kings 5:8
[I Kings 5:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:8)

וְהַשְּׂעֹרִ֣ים וְהַתֶּ֔בֶן לַסּוּסִ֖ים וְלָרָ֑כֶשׁ יָבִ֗אוּ אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִֽהְיֶה־שָּׁ֔ם אִ֖ישׁ כְּמִשְׁפָּטֽוֹ׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And the barley and the straw for the horses and the fast horses, they brought to the place where he would be. Each of them according to his [monthly] quota.


###### I Kings 5:9
[I Kings 5:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:9)

וַיִּתֵּן֩ אֱלֹהִ֨ים חׇכְמָ֧ה לִשְׁלֹמֹ֛ה וּתְבוּנָ֖ה הַרְבֵּ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד וְרֹ֣חַב לֵ֔ב כַּח֕וֹל אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת הַיָּֽם׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And God gave wisdom to Shlomo, also tremendous understanding and broadness of heart like the sand that is on the seashore.


###### I Kings 5:10
[I Kings 5:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:10)

וַתֵּ֙רֶב֙ חׇכְמַ֣ת שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה מֵחׇכְמַ֖ת כׇּל־בְּנֵי־קֶ֑דֶם וּמִכֹּ֖ל חׇכְמַ֥ת מִצְרָֽיִם׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Shlomo’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the Eastern people and all the wisdom of Mitzrayim.


###### I Kings 5:11
[I Kings 5:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:11)

וַיֶּחְכַּם֮ מִכׇּל־הָאָדָם֒ מֵאֵיתָ֣ן הָאֶזְרָחִ֗י וְהֵימָ֧ן וְכַלְכֹּ֛ל וְדַרְדַּ֖ע בְּנֵ֣י מָח֑וֹל וַיְהִֽי־שְׁמ֥וֹ בְכׇֽל־הַגּוֹיִ֖ם סָבִֽיב׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
He was wiser than any man, [wiser] than Eison, the Ezrachite, and Heimon, Chalkol and Darda, the sons of Mochol. His name was known among all the nations around.


###### I Kings 5:12
[I Kings 5:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:12)

וַיְדַבֵּ֕ר שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֖ים מָשָׁ֑ל וַיְהִ֥י שִׁיר֖וֹ חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה וָאָֽלֶף׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
He articulated three thousand parables, and his songs numbered one thousand and five.


###### I Kings 5:13
[I Kings 5:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:13)

וַיְדַבֵּר֮ עַל־הָעֵצִים֒ מִן־הָאֶ֙רֶז֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּלְּבָנ֔וֹן וְעַד֙ הָאֵז֔וֹב אֲשֶׁ֥ר יֹצֵ֖א בַּקִּ֑יר וַיְדַבֵּר֙ עַל־הַבְּהֵמָ֣ה וְעַל־הָע֔וֹף וְעַל־הָרֶ֖מֶשׂ וְעַל־הַדָּגִֽים׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
He spoke of trees, from the cedar tree of Levonon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He spoke of the animals and of the birds and of the creeping things and of the fish.


###### I Kings 5:14
[I Kings 5:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:14)

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ מִכׇּל־הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים לִשְׁמֹ֕עַ אֵ֖ת חׇכְמַ֣ת שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה מֵאֵת֙ כׇּל־מַלְכֵ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁמְע֖וּ אֶת־חׇכְמָתֽוֹ׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
From all the nations, they came to hear the wisdom of Shlomo, from all the kings of the earth, who heard about his wisdom.


###### I Kings 5:15
[I Kings 5:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:15)

וַ֠יִּשְׁלַ֠ח חִירָ֨ם מֶלֶךְ־צ֤וֹר אֶת־עֲבָדָיו֙ אֶל־שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה כִּ֣י שָׁמַ֔ע כִּ֥י אֹת֛וֹ מָשְׁח֥וּ לְמֶ֖לֶךְ תַּ֣חַת אָבִ֑יהוּ כִּ֣י אֹהֵ֗ב הָיָ֥ה חִירָ֛ם לְדָוִ֖ד כׇּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And Chirom, king of Tzor, sent his servants to Shlomo, for he heard that he was annointed as king in place of his father; for Chirom loved Dovid all the days.


###### I Kings 5:16
[I Kings 5:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:16)

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה אֶל־חִירָ֖ם לֵאמֹֽר׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And Shlomo sent to Chirom saying.


###### I Kings 5:17
[I Kings 5:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:17)

אַתָּ֨ה יָדַ֜עְתָּ אֶת־דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֗י כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָכֹל֙ לִבְנ֣וֹת בַּ֗יִת לְשֵׁם֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֔יו מִפְּנֵ֥י הַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר סְבָבֻ֑הוּ עַ֤ד תֵּת־יְהֹוָה֙ אֹתָ֔ם תַּ֖חַת כַּפּ֥וֹת (רגלו) [רַגְלָֽי]׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
“You knew that my father, Dovid, was unable to build a house for the Name of Adonoy his God, because of the war that engulfed him; until Adonoy put them [his enemies] under the soles of my feet.


###### I Kings 5:18
[I Kings 5:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:18)

וְעַתָּ֕ה הֵנִ֨יחַ יְהֹוָ֧ה אֱלֹהַ֛י לִ֖י מִסָּבִ֑יב אֵ֣ין שָׂטָ֔ן וְאֵ֖ין פֶּ֥גַע רָֽע׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And now, Adonoy, my God, had given me repose on every side. There is no challenger and no evil mishap.


###### I Kings 5:19
[I Kings 5:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:19)

וְהִנְנִ֣י אֹמֵ֔ר לִבְנ֣וֹת בַּ֔יִת לְשֵׁ֖ם יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑י כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר**׀** דִּבֶּ֣ר יְהֹוָ֗ה אֶל־דָּוִ֤ד אָבִי֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר בִּנְךָ֗ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֶתֵּ֤ן תַּחְתֶּ֙יךָ֙ עַל־כִּסְאֶ֔ךָ הוּא־יִבְנֶ֥ה הַבַּ֖יִת לִשְׁמִֽי׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And now I declare [my plan] to build a House for the Name of Adonoy, my God, just as Adonoy spoke to my father, Dovid, saying, ‘Your son, whom I will put in your place, upon your throne, he will build the House for My Name.’


###### I Kings 5:20
[I Kings 5:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:20)

וְעַתָּ֡ה צַוֵּה֩ וְיִכְרְתוּ־לִ֨י אֲרָזִ֜ים מִן־הַלְּבָנ֗וֹן וַעֲבָדַי֙ יִהְי֣וּ עִם־עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ וּשְׂכַ֤ר עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ אֶתֵּ֣ן לְךָ֔ כְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֹּאמֵ֑ר כִּ֣י**׀** אַתָּ֣ה יָדַ֗עְתָּ כִּ֣י אֵ֥ין בָּ֛נוּ אִ֛ישׁ יֹדֵ֥עַ לִכְרׇת־עֵצִ֖ים כַּצִּדֹנִֽים׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And now, command, and have them cut for me cedar trees from Levonon. My servants will be with your servants, and the wages of your servants, I will give to you, according to your word; for you know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut down trees as the Tzedonim.”


###### I Kings 5:21
[I Kings 5:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:21)

וַיְהִ֞י כִּשְׁמֹ֧עַ חִירָ֛ם אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֥י שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה וַיִּשְׂמַ֣ח מְאֹ֑ד וַיֹּ֗אמֶר בָּר֤וּךְ יְהֹוָה֙ הַיּ֔וֹם אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֤ן לְדָוִד֙ בֵּ֣ן חָכָ֔ם עַל־הָעָ֥ם הָרָ֖ב הַזֶּֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
When Chirom heard the words of Shlomo, he was very happy, and he said, “Blessed is Adonoy this day who has given to Dovid a wise son [to rule] over this great nation.”


###### I Kings 5:22
[I Kings 5:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:22)

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח חִירָם֙ אֶל־שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה לֵאמֹ֔ר שָׁמַ֕עְתִּי אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַ֖חְתָּ אֵלָ֑י אֲנִ֤י אֶֽעֱשֶׂה֙ אֶת־כׇּל־חֶפְצְךָ֔ בַּעֲצֵ֥י אֲרָזִ֖ים וּבַעֲצֵ֥י בְרוֹשִֽׁים׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And Chirom sent [a message] to Shlomo saying, “I have heard what you dispatched to me. I will fulfil all that you desire regarding cedar trees and cypress trees.


###### I Kings 5:23
[I Kings 5:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:23)

עֲ֠בָדַ֠י יֹרִ֨דוּ מִן־הַלְּבָנ֜וֹן יָ֗מָּה וַ֠אֲנִ֠י אֲשִׂימֵ֨ם דֹּבְר֤וֹת בַּיָּם֙ עַֽד־הַמָּק֞וֹם אֲשֶׁר־תִּשְׁלַ֥ח אֵלַ֛י וְנִפַּצְתִּ֥ים שָׁ֖ם וְאַתָּ֣ה תִשָּׂ֑א וְאַתָּה֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה אֶת־חֶפְצִ֔י לָתֵ֖ת לֶ֥חֶם בֵּיתִֽי׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
My servants will bring them down from Levonon to the sea, and I will make them into rafts [to be transported] by sea to the destination that you designate to me. We will detach them there and you will take them. And you will fulfill my desire to provide bread for my household.”


###### I Kings 5:24
[I Kings 5:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:24)

וַיְהִ֨י חִיר֜וֹם נֹתֵ֣ן לִשְׁלֹמֹ֗ה עֲצֵ֧י אֲרָזִ֛ים וַעֲצֵ֥י בְרוֹשִׁ֖ים כׇּל־חֶפְצֽוֹ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And so Chirom provided Shlomo with cedar trees and cypress trees all that he desired.


###### I Kings 5:25
[I Kings 5:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:25)

וּשְׁלֹמֹה֩ נָתַ֨ן לְחִירָ֜ם עֶשְׂרִים֩ אֶ֨לֶף כֹּ֤ר חִטִּים֙ מַכֹּ֣לֶת לְבֵית֔וֹ וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים כֹּ֖ר שֶׁ֣מֶן כָּתִ֑ית כֹּֽה־יִתֵּ֧ן שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה לְחִירָ֖ם שָׁנָ֥ה בְשָׁנָֽה׃{פ}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And Shlomo gave Chirom twenty thousand *kor* of of wheat for food for his household, and twenty *kor* of crushed oil. This is what Shlomo sent to Chirom each year.


###### I Kings 5:26
[I Kings 5:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:26)

וַֽיהֹוָ֗ה נָתַ֤ן חׇכְמָה֙ לִשְׁלֹמֹ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּר־ל֑וֹ וַיְהִ֣י שָׁלֹ֗ם בֵּ֤ין חִירָם֙ וּבֵ֣ין שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה וַיִּכְרְת֥וּ בְרִ֖ית שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Adonoy gave wisdom to Shlomo as He had told him. And there was peace between Chirom and Shlomo. A covenant was confirmed by the two of them.


###### I Kings 5:27
[I Kings 5:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:27)

וַיַּ֨עַל הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה מַ֖ס מִכׇּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיְהִ֣י הַמַּ֔ס שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף אִֽישׁ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Shlomo Ha Melech raised a tax from all of Yisroel. The tax consisted of thirty thousand men.


###### I Kings 5:28
[I Kings 5:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:28)

וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֣ם לְבָנ֗וֹנָה עֲשֶׂ֨רֶת אֲלָפִ֤ים בַּחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ חֲלִיפ֔וֹת חֹ֚דֶשׁ יִהְי֣וּ בַלְּבָנ֔וֹן שְׁנַ֥יִם חֳדָשִׁ֖ים בְּבֵית֑וֹ וַאֲדֹנִירָ֖ם עַל־הַמַּֽס׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
He sent them to Lebanon [at the rate of] ten thousand a month in shifts. Each shift would be in Lebanon for a month, and two months in their home. Adonirom was in charge of the tax.


###### I Kings 5:29
[I Kings 5:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:29)

וַיְהִ֧י לִשְׁלֹמֹ֛ה שִׁבְעִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף נֹשֵׂ֣א סַבָּ֑ל וּשְׁמֹנִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף חֹצֵ֥ב בָּהָֽר׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And Shlomo had seventy thousand men who carried loads [of stone] and eighty thousand stone cutters in the mountain.


###### I Kings 5:30
[I Kings 5:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:30)

לְ֠בַ֠ד מִשָּׂרֵ֨י הַנִּצָּבִ֤ים לִשְׁלֹמֹה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֖ים וּשְׁלֹ֣שׁ מֵא֑וֹת הָרֹדִ֣ים בָּעָ֔ם הָעֹשִׂ֖ים בַּמְּלָאכָֽה׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
These were in addition to Shlomo’s chief officers who supervised the work. There were three thousand three hundred [officers] who controlled the people that did the work.


###### I Kings 5:31
[I Kings 5:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:31)

וַיְצַ֣ו הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ וַיַּסִּ֩עוּ֩ אֲבָנִ֨ים גְּדֹל֜וֹת אֲבָנִ֧ים יְקָר֛וֹת לְיַסֵּ֥ד הַבָּ֖יִת אַבְנֵ֥י גָזִֽית׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The king commanded and they brought great stones, heavy stones to make the foundation of the Beis Hamikdosh with hewn stone.


###### I Kings 5:32
[I Kings 5:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/5:32)

וַֽיִּפְסְל֞וּ בֹּנֵ֧י שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה וּבֹנֵ֥י חִיר֖וֹם וְהַגִּבְלִ֑ים וַיָּכִ֛ינוּ הָעֵצִ֥ים וְהָאֲבָנִ֖ים לִבְנ֥וֹת הַבָּֽיִת׃{פ}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Shlomo’s builders and Chirom’s builders and the Givlim carved the stones and they prepared the wood and the stones to build the Beis Hamikdosh.