1 Kings 5:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I'd like you to send your workers to cut down cedar trees in Lebanon for me. I will pay them whatever you say and will even make my workers help them. We both know that your workers are more experienced than anyone else at cutting timber.

Cross References

1 Kings 10:26

Solomon had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses that he kept in Jerusalem and other towns.

1 Kings 5:7

Hiram was so happy when he heard Solomon's request that he said, “I am grateful that the Lord gave David such a wise son to be king of that great nation!”

1 Kings 6:16

The most holy place was in the back of the temple, and it was nine metres square. Cedar boards standing from floor to ceiling separated it from the rest of the temple.

1 Kings 6:20

This room was nine metres long, nine metres wide, and nine metres high, and it was lined with pure gold. There were also gold chains across the front of the most holy place. The inside of the temple, as well as the cedar altar in the most holy place, was covered with gold.

1 Kings 9:19

They also built towns where he could keep his supplies and his chariots and horses. Solomon made them build whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and anywhere in his kingdom.

1 Kings 9:27

King Hiram let some of his experienced sailors go to the country of Ophir with Solomon's own sailors, and they brought back about fourteen thousand kilogrammes of gold for Solomon.

1 Chronicles 22:4

He also had cedar logs brought in from the cities of Sidon and Tyre.

2 Chronicles 1:14

Solomon had a force of one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses that he kept in Jerusalem and other towns.

2 Chronicles 2:10

I will pay your woodcutters two thousand tonnes of wheat, the same amount of barley, four hundred thousand litres of wine, and that same amount of olive oil.

2 Chronicles 2:8

I know that you have workers who are experts at cutting timber in Lebanon. So would you please send me some cedar, pine, and juniper logs? My workers will be there to help them,

Ezra 3:7

King Cyrus of Persia had said the Israelites could have cedar trees brought from Lebanon to Joppa by sea. So they sent grain, wine, and olive oil to the cities of Tyre and Sidon as payment for these trees, and they gave money to the stoneworkers and carpenters.

Psalm 29:5

The voice of the LORD destroys the cedar trees; the LORD shatters cedars on Mount Lebanon.

Zechariah 11:12

I told them, “Pay me my wages, if you think you should; otherwise, forget it.” So they handed me my wages, a measly thirty pieces of silver. Then the LORD said, “Throw the money into the treasury.” So I threw the money into the treasury at the LORD's temple.

Romans 12:17

Don't ill-treat someone who has ill-treated you. But try to earn the respect of others,

Ephesians 4:7

Christ has generously divided out his gifts to us.

Deuteronomy 17:16

The king should not have many horses, especially those from Egypt. The LORD has said his people are never to go back there again.

Philippians 4:8

Finally, my friends, keep your minds on whatever is true, pure, right, holy, friendly, and proper. Don't ever stop thinking about what is truly worthwhile and worthy of praise.