2:11 泰爾王希蘭寫信回答所羅門說：「耶和華因為愛他的子民，所以立你作他們的王」；
2:12 又說：「創造天地的耶和華─以色列的上帝是應當稱頌的！他賜給大衛王一個有智慧的兒子，使他有謀略聰明，可以為耶和華建造殿宇，又為自己的國建造宮室。
2:13 「現在我打發一個精巧有聰明的人去，他是我父親希蘭所用的，
2:14 是但支派一個婦人的兒子。他父親是泰爾人，他善用金、銀、銅、鐵、石、木，和紫色、藍色、朱紅色線與細麻製造各物，並精於雕刻，又能想出各樣的巧工。請你派定這人，與你的巧匠和你父─我主大衛的巧匠一同做工。
2:15 我主所說的小麥、大麥、酒、油，願我主運來給眾僕人。
2:16 我們必照你所需用的，從黎巴嫩砍伐樹木，紮成筏子，浮海運到約帕；你可以從那裡運到耶路撒冷。」
11 Hiram king of Tyre replied
by letter to Solomon:
“Because the Lord loves his people, he has made
you their king.”
12 And Hiram added:
“Praise be to
the Lord, the God of Israel,
who made heaven and earth! He has given King David a wise son, endowed with
intelligence and discernment, who will build a temple for the Lord and a palace for himself.
13 “I am sending you
Huram-Abi, a man of great skill, 14 whose mother was from
Dan and whose father was from Tyre. He is trained to work in gold and silver,
bronze and iron, stone and wood, and with purple and blue and crimson yarn and
fine linen. He is experienced in all kinds of engraving and can execute any
design given to him. He will work with your skilled workers and with those of
my lord, David your father.
15 “Now let my lord send
his servants the wheat and barley and the olive oil and wine he promised, 16 and
we will cut all the logs from Lebanon that you need and will float them as
rafts by sea down to Joppa. You can then take them up to Jerusalem.”
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在這裡我們看見一項很大的交易：所羅門用以色列盛產的糧食、農作物來交換泰爾的木料與技術（這是以色列欠缺的），達成一種雙贏的結果。
而泰爾王也很有智慧，派給以色列的總工程師，是有以色列人的血源，其母親是但支派的，雖然父親是泰爾人。不僅如此，還是經驗老道的：「他善用金、銀、銅、鐵、石、木，和紫色、藍色、朱紅色線與細麻製造各物，並精於雕刻，又能想出各樣的巧工。」
在這裡更讓我們看見成事需要「技術」和「材料」為基礎，背後的運籌帷幄才是使這兩樣發揮功能的力量。而這樣的智慧是來自上帝，而不是人的空想！
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