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1 Kings 5:9

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My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea, and I will send them by sea in floats to the place that you shall name and will cause them to be discharged into your care there, and in return you will meet my wishes by giving food for my household.”

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behold, I now do according to your words. Behold, I have given you a wise and an understanding heart, so that there has never been anyone like you in the past, and there shall never arise another like you.

Judah and Israel had a large populace, as numerous as the sand by the sea. They ate and drank and were happy.

So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees as he desired.

Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, “I have considered the things which you contacted me about, and I will do all you asked concerning timber of cedar and fir.

Hiram sent shipmen who had knowledge of the sea to serve alongside Solomon’s men.

The king made silver and gold in Jerusalem as abundant as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore trees in the lowlands of the Shephelah.

And let us cut the timber from Lebanon, whatever you need, and we will bring it to you on rafts on the sea to Joppa, and you will bring it up to Jerusalem.”

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

They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and to the people of Tyre so that they would bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, at Joppa, according to the grant they had from Cyrus king of Persia.

But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives him understanding.

I spoke in my heart saying, “I have been great and increased in wisdom more than anyone else who has been before me in Jerusalem, and my heart has observed great wisdom and knowledge.”

Judah and the land of Israel, they were your merchants. They traded in your market with the wheat of Minnith, cakes, honey, oil, and balm.

Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. But they came to him in unity, and having made Blastus, the king’s personal servant, their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was fed by the king’s country.

Let me, I pray, go over and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that good hill country, and Lebanon.”




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