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1 Kings 5:9

Bible in Basic English 1965

My men will take them down from Lebanon to the sea, where I will have them corded together to go by sea to whatever place you say, and I will have them cut up there so that you may take them away; as for payment, it will be enough if you give me food for my people.

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I have done as you said: I have given you a wise and far-seeing heart, so that there has never been your equal in the past, and never will there be any like you in the future.

Judah and Israel were as great in number as the sand by the seaside, and they took their food and drink with joy in their hearts.

So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar-wood and cypress-wood he had need of;

Then Hiram sent to Solomon, saying; The words you sent have been given to me: I will do all your desire in the question of cedar-wood and cypress-wood.

Hiram sent his servants, who were experienced seamen, in the sea-force with Solomon's men.

And the king made silver and gold as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedar like the sycamore-trees of the lowland in number.

And we will have wood cut from Lebanon, as much as you have need of, and will send it to you on flat boats by sea to Joppa, and from there you may take it up to Jerusalem.

And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

And they gave money to the stoneworkers and woodworkers; and meat and drink and oil to the people of Zidon and of Tyre, for the transport of cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, as Cyrus, king of Persia, had given them authority to do.

But truly it is the spirit in man, even the breath of the Ruler of all, which gives them knowledge.

I said to my heart, See, I have become great and am increased in wisdom more than any who were before me in Jerusalemyes, my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge.

Judah and the land of Israel were your traders; they gave grain of Minnith and sweet cakes and honey and oil and perfume for your goods.

Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon: and they came to him, all together, and having made friends with Blastus, the controller of the king's house, they made a request for peace, because their country was dependent on the king's country for its food.

Let me go over, O Lord, and see the good land on the other side of Jordan, and that fair mountain country, even Lebanon.




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