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 labor 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 stone cutters in the hill country, with 70,000 men to carry the stones,
16 and he placed 3,300 foremen in charge of them to supervise their work.
17 At King Solomon's command they cut fine large stones for the foundation of the Temple.
18 Solomon's and Hiram's workers and men from the city of Byblos prepared the stones and the timber to build the Temple.