7. Hiram was so happy when he heard Solomon's request that he said, “I am grateful that the Lord gave David such a wise son to be king of that great nation!”
8. Then he sent back his answer:I received your message and will give you all the cedar and pine logs you need.
9. My workers will carry them down from Lebanon to the Mediterranean Sea. They will tie the logs together and float them along the coast to wherever you want them. Then they will untie the logs, and your workers can take them from there.To pay for the logs, you can provide the grain I need for my household.
10. Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar and pine logs he needed.
11. In return, Solomon gave Hiram two thousand tonnes of wheat and four hundred thousand litres of pure olive oil each year.
12. The Lord kept his promise and made Solomon wise. Hiram and Solomon signed a treaty and never went to war against each other.
13. Solomon ordered thirty thousand people from all over Israel to cut logs for the temple,
14. and he put Adoniram in charge of these workers. Solomon divided them into three groups of ten thousand. Each group worked one month in Lebanon and had two months off at home.