Introduction
PREPARATIONS FOR THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE.
The account given in this chapter of Solomon’s negotiations with Hiram, and other arrangements preparatory to building the temple, is parallel with that of 1 Kings v, where see notes. The two narratives agree in all essential respects, but their differences are of such a nature as to show that these letters of Solomon and Hiram are not accurate and literal transcripts, but simply a free paraphrase or statement of the outline and substance of the original letters. In neither place, probably, have we all the contents of these royal letters, but one writer supplements the other.
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