10. So Hiram supplied Solomon with all the cedar and pine logs that he wanted,
11. and Solomon provided Hiram with 2,000 tonnes of wheat and 400,000 litres of pure olive oil every year to feed his men.
12. The Lord kept his promise and gave Solomon wisdom. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they made a treaty with each other.
13. King Solomon drafted 30,000 men as forced labour from all over Israel,
14. and put Adoniram in charge of them. He divided them into three groups of 10,000 men, and each group spent one month in Lebanon and two months back home.
15. Solomon also had 80,000 men in the hill country quarrying stone, with 70,000 men to carry it,
16. and he placed 3,300 foremen in charge of them to supervise their work.
17. At King Solomon's command they quarried fine large stones for the foundation of the Temple.
18. Solomon's and Hiram's workmen and men from the city of Byblos prepared the stones and the timber to build the Temple.