Also Hiram, king of Tyre, sent his servants to Solomon; for he heard that they had anointed him king for his father; for Hiram was friend of David in all time.
And he said, Thou shalt not smite them, for thou hast not taken them by thy sword and bow, that thou smite them; but set [or put] thou bread and water before them, that they eat and drink, and go to their lord again.
And in that day Joshua deemed them to be into the service of all the people, and of the altar of the Lord, and to hew trees, and to bear waters, till into present time, in the place which the Lord had chosen.
They answered, Thy servants came from a full far land in the name of thy Lord God; for we have heard the fame of his power, and all things which he did in Egypt,