And it shall be, if it makes you an answer of peace, and opens to you, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall pay tribute to you, and they shall serve you.
And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the place of his father: for Hiram was always a lover of David.
And he answered, You shall not strike them: would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
And Joshua made them that day cutters of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even until this day, in the place which he would choose.
And they said to him, From a very far country your servants have come because of the name of the LORD your God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,