1 Kings 5:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

My workers will carry them down from Lebanon to the Mediterranean Sea. They will tie the logs together and float them along the coast to wherever you want them. Then they will untie the logs, and your workers can take them from there. To pay for the logs, you can provide the grain I need for my household.

Cross References

1 Kings 3:12

So I'll make you wiser than anyone who has ever lived or ever will live.

1 Kings 4:20

There were so many people living in Judah and Israel while Solomon was king that they seemed like grains of sand on a beach. Everyone had enough to eat and drink, and they were happy.

1 Kings 5:10

Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar and pine logs he needed.

1 Kings 5:8

Then he sent back his answer: I received your message and will give you all the cedar and pine logs you need.

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.

2 Chronicles 1:15

While Solomon was king of Israel, there was silver and gold everywhere in Jerusalem, and cedar was as common as ordinary sycamore trees in the foothills.

2 Chronicles 2:16

I will tell them to start cutting down trees in Lebanon. They will cut as many as you need, then tie them together into rafts, and float them down along the coast to Joppa. Your workers can take them to Jerusalem from there.

2 Chronicles 9:22

Solomon was the richest and wisest king in the world.

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.

Job 32:8

now I truly realize wisdom comes from God.

Ecclesiastes 1:16

I said to myself, “You are by far the wisest person who has ever lived in Jerusalem. You are eager to learn, and you have learnt a lot.”

Ezekiel 27:17

Judah and Israel gave you their finest wheat, best figs, honey, olive oil, and spices in exchange for your merchandise.

Acts 12:20

Herod and the people of Tyre and Sidon were very angry with each other. But their country got its food supply from the region that he ruled. So a group of them went to see Blastus, who was one of Herod's high officials. They convinced Blastus that they wanted to make peace between their cities and Herod,

Deuteronomy 3:25

The land west of the Jordan is such good land. Please let me cross the Jordan and see the hills and the Lebanon Mountains.”