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King Solomon Make Ready
Fo Build Da Temple
Fo Build Da Temple
1 Hiram was da king dat time Tyre side. Him an King David stay tight from long time. King Hiram wen hear dat da Israel peopo wen put olive oil on top Solomon head fo make him da king, fo take ova from his faddah King David. So Hiram sen some a his helpa guys by Solomon.
2 Solomon sen back one message to Hiram. Dis wat he tell:
3 “You know awready, dat my faddah David stay pray to God, Da One In Charge. But get diffren peopos come afta him from all aroun him, fo make war. Az why my faddah no can build one Temple fo his God, Da One In Charge, fo erybody know wat kine god him. In da end, Da One In Charge let my faddah win ova dem.
4 “But now, my God, Da One In Charge, he let me res, cuz no need fight wit da peopos all aroun me. No mo nobody stay agains me, no mo nobody do bad kine stuff agains me. 5 ✡5:5: 2Sam 7:12-13; 1Rec 17:11-12So now, I stay figga lidis: I goin build one Temple so erybody goin know wat kine god my God, Da One In Charge, da One I stay pray to. Da One In Charge wen tell my faddah King David, ‘I goin put yoa boy on top yoa throne, afta you pau be da King. Yoa boy, da one goin build da Temple so erybody goin know wat kine god me.’
6 “Az why I like you tell yoa peopo fo cut cedar trees from da Lebanon mountains fo me. Da guys dat work fo me, I like dem work togedda wit da guys dat work fo you. I goin give you silva, fo you pay da guys dat work fo you, wateva you pay dem. Cuz you know dat no mo nobody oua side know how fo cut tree jalike you Sidon peopo.”
King Hiram Write
One Letta To King Solomon
One Letta To King Solomon
7 Wen King Hiram hear wat King Solomon tell, make him feel real good inside. He tell, “Today, I like tell good tings bout Da One In Charge, cuz he wen give King David one boy dat know wat fo do erytime, fo be in charge a da awesome Israel peopo.”
8 Hiram sen one message to Solomon. He tell um:
“I get da message you sen me. I goin make shua you get eryting you like, cedar wood an pine wood. 9 My worka guys goin bring da wood down from da Lebanon mountains to da ocean. I goin tell um tie um up fo make plenny raf. Den we bring um down on top da watta to da place you tell me. I goin tell my worka guys fo hemo da rope dea fo you guys take da wood away. Den, I like you sen me food fo my palace peopo eat. Dass how you can pay me.”
10 An dass wat wen happen. Hiram give Solomon all da cedar wood an pine wood he like. 11 Solomon give Hiram ery year, 3,600 ton wheat fo feed his palace peopo, an 120,000 gallon da bestes kine olive oil. 12 Da One In Charge help King Solomon know wat fo do erytime, jalike Da One In Charge wen tell um he goin do, da firs time. Hiram an Solomon, dey no fight each odda, an da two king guys make one deal fo help each odda.
13 King Solomon wen make 30,000 man work fo him an no mo pay. Dey come Jerusalem side, from all ova da Israel land. 14 ✡5:14: 1Kings 12:18From dea, Solomon sen um out to da Lebanon mountains, 10,000 man ery month. Dey go Lebanon one month, den go home two month. Adoniram da guy dat stay in charge a da 30,000 worka guys.
15 Up country Israel side, Solomon get 80,000 worka guys dat cut stone, an 70,000 guys fo carry da stone block to Jerusalem. 16 An had 3,300 luna guys in charge a da work an da worka guys. 17 Da king tell dem fo cut real big kine stone blocks outa one mountain ova dea. Da stone cost plenny, cuz dey measure um da right size, an den cut um fo make da foundation fo da Temple.
18 Dass how da builda guys work, da ones work fo King Solomon an King Hiram, an da Gebal peopo. Dey cut da stone da right size an make ready da wood an da stones fo build da Temple.