1 Kings 5:10

1 Kings 5:10 says, So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.  Hiram fulfilled his promise to Solomon by providing him with all the the cedar and fir trees he desired, just as we should fulfill our promises to other people.  Verse eleven adds, And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.  Solomon also fulfilled his promise to Hiram, providing him with wheat and oil every year.  Verse twelve continues, And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.  As pro4mised also, God gave Solomon wisdom and he lived at peace with Hiram because they had a treaty between them.  If we want wisdom, we must look to God for it.  Also, we should do our best to live at peace with those around us as long as we don't have too disobey God's laws to do so.  Verse thirteen states,  And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.  Solomon raised a levy, or more accurately drafted thirty-thousand men.  Verse fourteen adds, And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.  These men were sent to Lebanon in shifts to help with the cutting of the trees and were under the supervision of Adoniram.   We don't get drafted to do God's work, but we should willing do whatever He calls us to do.  There will always be others to share in the work.  Verse fifteen continues, And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;  There were seventy=thousand who carried the logs and eighty thousand that cut them.  Matthew Henry says these were captives and not Israelites which is why we were earlier told about the thirty-thousand who were Israelites.  Of course,  we have no captives to do God's work today, so we as Christians must be willing to do the hard work ourselves and not just the easier tasks.  Verse sixteen says, Beside the chief of Solomon’s officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.  There were also thirty-three hundred men who supervised the work.  We need God's work to be done orderly, so we should always expect Him to place people in positions to oversee it, and if we are not a part of that supervisory group, we should do what they request.  Verse seventeen adds, And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.  In addition to the trees, Solomon had great stones brought to lay the foundation of the Temple.  We need to build our life, the temple of the Holy Spirit, on the rock, our faith in Jesus Christ.  Verse eighteen concludes, And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house. Hiram and Solomon’s men worked together to get things ready to build the Temple, and we as Christians should work together today to build God's church.  This is not a building but the people who have accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and Lord.  Also, had there not been peace at this time, Solomon wouldn't have been able to supply the needed workers.  If Christians are a war with one another, we cannot effectively do the work of God.