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<div2 id="iKi.vi" n="vi" next="iKi.vii" prev="iKi.v" progress="52.81%" title="Chapter V">
<h2 id="iKi.vi-p0.1">F I R S T   K I N G S</h2>
<h3 id="iKi.vi-p0.2">CHAP. V.</h3>
<p class="intro" id="iKi.vi-p1">The great work which Solomon was raised up to do
was the building of the temple; his wealth and wisdom were given
him to qualify him for that. In this, especially, he was to be a
type of Christ, for "he shall build the temple of the Lord,"
<scripRef id="iKi.vi-p1.1" osisRef="Bible:Zech.6.12" parsed="|Zech|6|12|0|0" passage="Zec 6:12">Zech. vi. 12</scripRef>. In this
chapter we have an account of the preparations he made for that and
his other buildings. Gold and silver his good father had prepared
in abundance, but timber and stones he must get ready; and about
these we have him treating with Hiram king of Tyre. I. Hiram
congratulated him on his accession to the throne, <scripRef id="iKi.vi-p1.2" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.5.1" parsed="|1Kgs|5|1|0|0" passage="1Ki 5:1">ver. 1</scripRef>. II. Solomon signified to him
his design to build the temple and desired him to furnish him with
workmen, <scripRef id="iKi.vi-p1.3" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.5.2-1Kgs.5.6" parsed="|1Kgs|5|2|5|6" passage="1Ki 5:2-6">ver. 2-6</scripRef>. III.
Hiram agreed to do it, <scripRef id="iKi.vi-p1.4" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.5.7-1Kgs.5.9" parsed="|1Kgs|5|7|5|9" passage="1Ki 5:7-9">ver.
7-9</scripRef>. IV. Solomon's work was accordingly well done and
Hiram's workmen were well paid, <scripRef id="iKi.vi-p1.5" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.5.10-1Kgs.5.18" parsed="|1Kgs|5|10|5|18" passage="1Ki 5:10-18">ver. 10-18</scripRef>.</p>
<scripCom id="iKi.vi-p0.1_1" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.5" parsed="|1Kgs|5|0|0|0" passage="1Ki 5" type="Commentary"/>
<scripCom id="iKi.vi-p0.2_1" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.5.1-1Kgs.5.9" parsed="|1Kgs|5|1|5|9" passage="1Ki 5:1-9" type="Commentary"/><div class="Commentary" id="Bible:1Kgs.5.1-1Kgs.5.9">
<h4 id="iKi.vi-p1.8">Solomon's Agreement with
Hiram. (<span class="smallcaps" id="iKi.vi-p1.9">b. c.</span> 1014.)</h4>
<p class="passage" id="iKi.vi-p2">1 And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto
Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the
room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.   2
And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,   3 Thou knowest how that
David my father could not build an house unto the name of the <span class="smallcaps" id="iKi.vi-p2.1">Lord</span> his God for the wars which were about
him on every side, until the <span class="smallcaps" id="iKi.vi-p2.2">Lord</span>
put them under the soles of his feet.   4 But now the <span class="smallcaps" id="iKi.vi-p2.3">Lord</span> my God hath given me rest on every
side, <i>so that there is</i> neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
  5 And, behold, I purpose to build a house unto the name of
the <span class="smallcaps" id="iKi.vi-p2.4">Lord</span> my God, as the <span class="smallcaps" id="iKi.vi-p2.5">Lord</span> spake unto David my father, saying, Thy
son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build a
house unto my name.   6 Now therefore command thou that they
hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with
thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants
according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that
<i>there is</i> not among us any that can skill to hew timber like
unto the Sidonians.   7 And it came to pass, when Hiram heard
the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed
<i>be</i> the <span class="smallcaps" id="iKi.vi-p2.6">Lord</span> this day, which
hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.   8
And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things
which thou sentest to me for: <i>and</i> I will do all thy desire
concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.   9
My servants shall bring <i>them</i> down from Lebanon unto the sea:
and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou
shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and
thou shalt receive <i>them:</i> and thou shalt accomplish my
desire, in giving food for my household.</p>
<p class="indent" id="iKi.vi-p3">We have here an account of the amicable
correspondence between Solomon and Hiram. Tyre was a famous trading
city, that lay close upon the sea, in the border of Israel; its
inhabitants (as should seem) were none of the devoted nations, nor
ever at enmity with Israel, and therefore David never offered to
destroy them, but lived in friendship with them. It is here said of
Hiram their king that he was <i>ever a lover of David;</i> and we
have reason to think he was a worshipper of the true God, and had
himself renounced, though he could not reform, the idolatry of his
city. David's character will win the affections even of those that
are without. Here is,</p>
<p class="indent" id="iKi.vi-p4">I. Hiram's embassy of compliment to
Solomon, <scripRef id="iKi.vi-p4.1" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.5.1" parsed="|1Kgs|5|1|0|0" passage="1Ki 5:1"><i>v.</i> 1</scripRef>. He
sent, as is usual among princes, to condole with him on the death
of David, and to renew his alliances with him upon his succession
to the government. It is good keeping up friendship and communion
with the families in which religion is uppermost.</p>
<p class="indent" id="iKi.vi-p5">II. Solomon's embassy of business to Hiram,
sent, it is likely, by messengers of his own. In wealth, honour,
and power, Hiram was very much inferior to Solomon, yet Solomon had
occasion to be beholden to him and begged his favour. Let us never
look with disdain on those below us, because we know not how soon
we may need them. Solomon, in his letter to Hiram, acquaints
him,</p>
<p class="indent" id="iKi.vi-p6">1. With his design to build a temple to the
honour of God. Some think that temples among the heathen took their
first rise and copy from the tabernacle which Moses erected in the
wilderness, and that there were none before that; however there
were many houses built in honour of the false gods before this was
built in honour of the God of Israel, so little is external
splendour a mark of the true church. Solomon tells Hiram, who was
himself no stranger to the affair, (1.) That David's wars were an
obstruction to him, that he could not build this temple, though he
designed it, <scripRef id="iKi.vi-p6.1" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.5.3" parsed="|1Kgs|5|3|0|0" passage="1Ki 5:3"><i>v.</i> 3</scripRef>.
They took up much of his time, and thoughts, and cares, were a
constant expense to him and a constant employment of his subjects;
so that he could not do it so well as it must be done, and
therefore, it not being essential to religion, he must leave it to
be done by his successor. See what need we have to pray that God
will <i>give peace in our time,</i> because, in time or war, the
building of the gospel temple commonly goes on slowly. (2.) That
peace gave him an opportunity to build it, and therefore he
resolved to set about it immediately: <i>God has given me rest</i>
both at home and abroad, and there is no adversary (<scripRef id="iKi.vi-p6.2" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.5.4" parsed="|1Kgs|5|4|0|0" passage="1Ki 5:4"><i>v.</i> 4</scripRef>), no <i>Satan</i> (so the
word is), no instrument of Satan to oppose it, or to divert us from
it. Satan does all he can to hinder temple work (<scripRef id="iKi.vi-p6.3" osisRef="Bible:1Thess.2.18 Bible:Zech.3.1" parsed="|1Thess|2|18|0|0;|Zech|3|1|0|0" passage="1Th 2:18,Zec 3:1">1 Thess. ii. 18; Zech. iii. 1</scripRef>), but
when he is bound (<scripRef id="iKi.vi-p6.4" osisRef="Bible:Rev.20.2" parsed="|Rev|20|2|0|0" passage="Re 20:2">Rev. xx.
2</scripRef>) we should be busy. When there is <i>no evil
occurrent,</i> then let us be vigorous and zealous in that which is
good and get it forward. When the churches have rest let them be
edified, <scripRef id="iKi.vi-p6.5" osisRef="Bible:Acts.9.31" parsed="|Acts|9|31|0|0" passage="Ac 9:31">Acts ix. 31</scripRef>. Days
of peace and prosperity present us with a fair gale, which we must
account for if we improve not. As God's providence excited Solomon
to think of building the temple, by giving him wealth and leisure,
so his promise encouraged him. God had told David that his <i>son
should build him a house,</i> <scripRef id="iKi.vi-p6.6" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.5.5" parsed="|1Kgs|5|5|0|0" passage="1Ki 5:5"><i>v.</i>
5</scripRef>. He will take it as a pleasure to be thus employed,
and will not lose the honour designed him by that promise. It may
stir us up much to good undertakings to be assured of good success
in them. Let God's promise quicken our endeavours.</p>
<p class="indent" id="iKi.vi-p7">2. With his desire that Hiram would assist
him herein. Lebanon was the place whence timber must be had, a
noble forest in the north of Canaan, particularly expressed in the
grant of that land to Israel—<i>all Lebanon,</i> <scripRef id="iKi.vi-p7.1" osisRef="Bible:Josh.13.5" parsed="|Josh|13|5|0|0" passage="Jos 13:5">Josh. xiii. 5</scripRef>. So that Solomon was
proprietor of all its productions. The <i>cedars of Lebanon</i> are
spoken of as, in a special manner, the <i>planting of the Lord</i>
(<scripRef id="iKi.vi-p7.2" osisRef="Bible:Ps.109.16" parsed="|Ps|109|16|0|0" passage="Ps 109:16">Ps. cix. 16</scripRef>), being
designed for Israel's use and particularly for temple service. But
Solomon owned that though the trees were his the Israelites had not
<i>skill to hew timber</i> like the Sidonians, who were Hiram's
subjects. Canaan was <i>a land of wheat and barley</i> (<scripRef id="iKi.vi-p7.3" osisRef="Bible:Deut.8.8" parsed="|Deut|8|8|0|0" passage="De 8:8">Deut. viii. 8</scripRef>), which employed Israel
in the affairs of husbandry, so that they were not at all versed in
manufactures: in them the Sidonians excelled. Israel, in the things
of God, are a <i>wise and understanding people;</i> and yet, in
curious arts, inferior to their neighbours. True piety is a much
more valuable gift of heaven than the highest degree of ingenuity.
Better be an Israelite skilful in the law than a Sidonian skilful
to hew timber. But, the case being thus, Solomon courts Hiram to
send him workmen, and promises (<scripRef id="iKi.vi-p7.4" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.5.6" parsed="|1Kgs|5|6|0|0" passage="1Ki 5:6"><i>v.</i> 6</scripRef>) both to <i>assist</i> them (<i>my
servants shall be with thy servants,</i> to work under them), and
to <i>pay</i> them (<i>unto thee will I give hire for thy
servants</i>); for the labourer, even in church-work, though it be
indeed its own wages, <i>is worthy of his hire,</i> The evangelical
prophet, foretelling the glory of the church in the days of the
Messiah, seems to allude to this story, <scripRef id="iKi.vi-p7.5" osisRef="Bible:Isa.60.1-Isa.60.22" parsed="|Isa|60|1|60|22" passage="Isa 60:1-22">Isa. 60</scripRef>, where he prophesies, (1.) That
the <i>sons of strangers</i> (such were the Tyrians and Sidonians)
shall <i>build up the wall</i> of the gospel temple, <scripRef id="iKi.vi-p7.6" osisRef="Bible:Isa.60.10" parsed="|Isa|60|10|0|0" passage="Isa 60:10"><i>v.</i> 10</scripRef>. Ministers were raised
up among the Gentiles for the edifying of the body of Christ. (2.)
That <i>the glory of Lebanon</i> shall be brought to it to
<i>beautify it,</i> <scripRef id="iKi.vi-p7.7" osisRef="Bible:Isa.60.13" parsed="|Isa|60|13|0|0" passage="Isa 60:13"><i>v.</i>
13</scripRef>. All external endowments and advantages shall be made
serviceable to the interests of Christ's kingdom.</p>
<p class="indent" id="iKi.vi-p8">3. Hiram's reception of, and return to,
this message.</p>
<p class="indent" id="iKi.vi-p9">(1.) He received it with great satisfaction
to himself: He <i>rejoiced greatly</i> (<scripRef id="iKi.vi-p9.1" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.5.7" parsed="|1Kgs|5|7|0|0" passage="1Ki 5:7"><i>v.</i> 7</scripRef>) that Solomon trod in his father's
steps, and carried on his designs, and was likely to be so great a
blessing to his kingdom. In this Hiram's generous spirit rejoiced,
and not merely in the prospect he had of making an advantage to
himself by Solomon's employing him. What he had the pleasure of he
gave God the praise of: <i>Blessed be the Lord, who has given to
David</i> (who was himself a wise man) <i>a wise son</i> to rule
<i>over this great people.</i> See here, [1.] With what pleasure
Hiram speaks of Solomon's wisdom and the extent of his dominion.
Let us learn not to envy others either those secular advantages or
those endowments of the mind wherein they excel us. What a great
comfort it is to those that wish well to the Israel of God to see
religion and wisdom kept up in families from one generation to
another, especially in great families and those that have great
influence on others! where it is so, God must have the glory of it.
If to godly parents be given a godly seed (<scripRef id="iKi.vi-p9.2" osisRef="Bible:Mal.2.15" parsed="|Mal|2|15|0|0" passage="Mal 2:15">Mal. ii. 15</scripRef>), it is a token for good, and a
happy indication that the entail of the blessing shall not be cut
off.</p>
<p class="indent" id="iKi.vi-p10">(2.) He answered it with great satisfaction
to Solomon, granting him what he desired, and showing himself very
forward to assist him in this great and good work to which he was
laying his hand. We have here his articles of agreement with
Solomon concerning this affair, in which we may observe Hiram's
prudence. [1.] He deliberated upon the proposal, before he returned
an answer (<scripRef id="iKi.vi-p10.1" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.5.8" parsed="|1Kgs|5|8|0|0" passage="1Ki 5:8"><i>v.</i> 8</scripRef>):
<i>I have considered the things.</i> It is common for those that
make bargains rashly afterwards to wish them unmade again. The
virtuous woman <i>considers a field</i> and then <i>buys it,</i>
<scripRef id="iKi.vi-p10.2" osisRef="Bible:Prov.31.16" parsed="|Prov|31|16|0|0" passage="Pr 31:16">Prov. xxxi. 16</scripRef>. Those do
not lose time who take time to consider. [2.] He descended to
particulars in the articles, that there might be no
misunderstanding afterwards, to occasion a quarrel. Solomon had
spoken of hewing the trees (<scripRef id="iKi.vi-p10.3" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.5.6" parsed="|1Kgs|5|6|0|0" passage="1Ki 5:6"><i>v.</i>
6</scripRef>), and Hiram agrees to what he desired concerning that
(<scripRef id="iKi.vi-p10.4" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.5.8" parsed="|1Kgs|5|8|0|0" passage="1Ki 5:8"><i>v.</i> 8</scripRef>); but nothing
had been said concerning carriage, and this matter therefore must
be settled. Land-carriage would be very troublesome and chargeable;
he therefore undertakes to bring all the timber down from Lebanon
by sea, a coasting voyage. Conveyance by water is a great
convenience to trade, for which God is to have praise, who taught
man that discretion. Observe what a definite bargain Hiram made.
Solomon must appoint the place where the timber shall be delivered,
and thither Hiram will undertake to bring it and be responsible for
its safety. As the Sidonians excelled the Israelites in
timber-work, so they did in sailing; for Tyre and Sidon were
<i>situate at the entry of the sea</i> (<scripRef id="iKi.vi-p10.5" osisRef="Bible:Ezek.27.3" parsed="|Ezek|27|3|0|0" passage="Eze 27:3">Ezek. xxvii. 3</scripRef>): they therefore were fittest
to take care of the water-carriage. <i>Tractant fabrilia
fabri—Every artist has his trade assigned.</i> And, [3.] If Hiram
undertake for the work, and <i>do all Solomon's desire concerning
the timber</i> (<scripRef id="iKi.vi-p10.6" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.5.8" parsed="|1Kgs|5|8|0|0" passage="1Ki 5:8"><i>v.</i>
8</scripRef>), he justly expects that Solomon shall undertake for
the wages: "<i>Thou shalt accomplish my desire in giving food for
my household</i> (<scripRef id="iKi.vi-p10.7" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.5.9" parsed="|1Kgs|5|9|0|0" passage="1Ki 5:9"><i>v.</i>
9</scripRef>), not only for the workmen, but for my own family." If
Tyre supply Israel with craftsmen, Israel will supply Tyre with
corn, <scripRef id="iKi.vi-p10.8" osisRef="Bible:Ezek.27.17" parsed="|Ezek|27|17|0|0" passage="Eze 27:17">Ezek. xxvii. 17</scripRef>.
Thus, by the wise disposal of Providence, one country has need of
another and is benefited by another, that there may be mutual
correspondence and dependence, to the glory of God our common
parent.</p>
</div><scripCom id="iKi.vi-p0.3" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.5.10-1Kgs.5.18" parsed="|1Kgs|5|10|5|18" passage="1Ki 5:10-18" type="Commentary"/><div class="Commentary" id="Bible:1Kgs.5.10-1Kgs.5.18">
<p class="passage" id="iKi.vi-p11">10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir
trees <i>according to</i> all his desire.   11 And Solomon
gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat <i>for</i> food to his
household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to
Hiram year by year.   12 And the <span class="smallcaps" id="iKi.vi-p11.1">Lord</span> gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him:
and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a
league together.   13 And king Solomon raised a levy out of
all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.   14 And he
sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they
were in Lebanon, <i>and</i> two months at home: and Adoniram
<i>was</i> over the levy.   15 And Solomon had threescore and
ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in
the mountains;   16 Beside the chief of Solomon's officers
which <i>were</i> over the work, three thousand and three hundred,
which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.   17 And
the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones,
<i>and</i> hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.  
18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew <i>them,</i>
and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build
the house.</p>
<p class="indent" id="iKi.vi-p12">Here is, I. The performance of the
agreement between Solomon and Hiram. Each of the parties made good
his engagement. 1. Hiram delivered Solomon the timber, according to
his bargain, <scripRef id="iKi.vi-p12.1" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.5.10" parsed="|1Kgs|5|10|0|0" passage="1Ki 5:10"><i>v.</i> 10</scripRef>.
The trees were Solomon's, but perhaps—<i>Materiam superabat
opus—The workmanship was of more value than the article.</i> Hiram
is therefore said to deliver the trees. 2. Solomon conveyed to
Hiram the corn which he had promised him, <scripRef id="iKi.vi-p12.2" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.5.11" parsed="|1Kgs|5|11|0|0" passage="1Ki 5:11"><i>v.</i> 11</scripRef>. Thus let justice be followed
(as the expression is, <scripRef id="iKi.vi-p12.3" osisRef="Bible:Deut.16.20" parsed="|Deut|16|20|0|0" passage="De 16:20">Deut. xvi.
20</scripRef>), justice on both sides, in every bargain.</p>
<p class="indent" id="iKi.vi-p13">II. The confirmation of the friendship that
was between them hereby. <i>God gave Solomon wisdom</i> (<scripRef id="iKi.vi-p13.1" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.5.12" parsed="|1Kgs|5|12|0|0" passage="1Ki 5:12"><i>v.</i> 12</scripRef>), which was more and
better than any thing Hiram did or could give him; but this made
Hiram love him, and enabled Solomon to improve his kindness, so
that they were both willing to ripen their mutual love into a
mutual league, that it might be lasting. It is wisdom to strengthen
our friendship with those whom we find to be honest and fair, lest
new friends prove not so firm and so kind as old ones.</p>
<p class="indent" id="iKi.vi-p14">III. The labourers whom Solomon employed in
preparing materials for the temple. 1. Some were Israelites, who
were employed in the more easy and honourable part of the work,
felling trees and helping to square them, in conjunction with
Hiram's servants; for this he appointed 30,000, but employed only
10,000 at a time, so that for one month's work they had two months'
vacation, both for rest and for the despatch of their own affairs
at home, <scripRef id="iKi.vi-p14.1" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.5.13-1Kgs.5.14" parsed="|1Kgs|5|13|5|14" passage="1Ki 5:13,14"><i>v.</i> 13,
14</scripRef>. It was temple service, yet Solomon takes care that
they shall not be over-worked. Great men ought to consider that
their servants must rest as well as they. 2. Others were captives
of other nations, who were to bear burdens and to hew stone
(<scripRef id="iKi.vi-p14.2" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.5.15" parsed="|1Kgs|5|15|0|0" passage="1Ki 5:15"><i>v.</i> 15</scripRef>), and we read
not that these had their resting times as the other had, for they
were doomed to servitude. 3. There were some employed as directors
and overseers (<scripRef id="iKi.vi-p14.3" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.5.16" parsed="|1Kgs|5|16|0|0" passage="1Ki 5:16"><i>v.</i>
16</scripRef>), 3300 that ruled over the people, and they were as
necessary and useful in their place as the labourers in theirs;
here were many hands and many eyes employed, for preparation was
now to be made, not only for the temple, but for all the rest of
Solomon's buildings, at Jerusalem, and here in the forest of
Lebanon, and in other places of his dominion, of which see
<scripRef id="iKi.vi-p14.4" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.9.17-1Kgs.9.19" parsed="|1Kgs|9|17|9|19" passage="1Ki 9:17-19"><i>ch.</i> ix. 17-19</scripRef>. He
speaks of the vastness of his undertakings (<scripRef id="iKi.vi-p14.5" osisRef="Bible:Eccl.2.4" parsed="|Eccl|2|4|0|0" passage="Ec 2:4">Eccl. ii. 4</scripRef>, <i>I made me great works</i>),
which required this vast number of workmen.</p>
<p class="indent" id="iKi.vi-p15">IV. The laying of the foundation of the
temple; for that is the building his heart is chiefly upon, and
therefore he begins with that, <scripRef id="iKi.vi-p15.1" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.5.17-1Kgs.5.18" parsed="|1Kgs|5|17|5|18" passage="1Ki 5:17,18"><i>v.</i> 17, 18</scripRef>. It should seem, Solomon
was himself present, and president, at the founding of the temple,
and that the first stone (as has been usual in famous buildings)
was laid with some solemnity. <i>Solomon commanded and they brought
costly stones</i> for the foundation; he would do every thing like
himself, generously, and therefore would have some of the costliest
stones laid, or buried rather, in the foundation, though, being out
of sight, worse might have served. Christ, who is laid for a
foundation, is an elect and precious stone (<scripRef id="iKi.vi-p15.2" osisRef="Bible:Isa.28.16" parsed="|Isa|28|16|0|0" passage="Isa 28:16">Isa. xxviii. 16</scripRef>), and the foundations of the
church are said to be <i>laid with sapphires,</i> <scripRef id="iKi.vi-p15.3" osisRef="Bible:Isa.54.11" parsed="|Isa|54|11|0|0" passage="Isa 54:11">Isa. liv. 11</scripRef>, compare <scripRef id="iKi.vi-p15.4" osisRef="Bible:Rev.21.19" parsed="|Rev|21|19|0|0" passage="Re 21:19">Rev. xxi. 19</scripRef>. That sincerity which is
our gospel perfection obliges us to lay our foundation firm and to
bestow most pains on that part of our religion which lies out of
the sight of men.</p>
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