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.

The food for Shlomo’s table for one day consisted of: thirty kor of fine flour, and sixty kor of unrefined flour.

Ten fat oxen, twenty pastured oxen and one hundred sheep. In addition to gazelle, deer, antelope and fattened fowl.

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.

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.

Shlomo possessed forty thousand stables of horses for his chariots; and twelve thousand horsemen.

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.

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.

And God gave wisdom to Shlomo, also tremendous understanding and broadness of heart like the sand that is on the seashore.

Shlomo’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the Eastern people and all the wisdom of Mitzrayim.

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.

He articulated three thousand parables, and his songs numbered one thousand and five.

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.

From all the nations, they came to hear the wisdom of Shlomo, from all the kings of the earth, who heard about his wisdom.

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.

And Shlomo sent to Chirom saying.

“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.

And now, Adonoy, my God, had given me repose on every side. There is no challenger and no evil mishap.

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.’

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.”

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.”

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.

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.”

And so Chirom provided Shlomo with cedar trees and cypress trees all that he desired.

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.

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.

Shlomo Ha Melech raised a tax from all of Yisroel. The tax consisted of thirty thousand men.

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.

And Shlomo had seventy thousand men who carried loads [of stone] and eighty thousand stone cutters in the mountain.

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.

The king commanded and they brought great stones, heavy stones to make the foundation of the Beis Hamikdosh with hewn stone.

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.