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Summary
1 Kings 5:5-6 5:5. Wherefore I purpose to build a temple to the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spoke to David my father, saying: Thy son, whom I will set upon the throne, in thy place, he shall build a house to my name. 5:6. Give orders, therefore, that your servants cut me down cedar trees, out of Lebanon, and let my servants be with your servants: and I will give you the hire of the servants whatsoever you will ask: for you know how there is not among my people a man that has skill to hew wood like to the Sidonians.

By: French artist Gustave Doré (1832-1883)