They also gave money to the masons and to the carpenters. They also gave food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from Cyrus King of Persia.
But Jonah got up and fled to Tarshish, away from YHWH’s presence. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish. He paid its fare, and went aboard to go with them to Tarshish away from YHWH’s presence.
That day Joshua made them wood cutters and water carriers for the congregation and for the altar of YHWH to this day, in the place which he should choose.
David gave orders to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, and he appointed stonecutters to cut dressed stones to build God’s house.
of their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel didn’t consume—of them Solomon conscripted forced labor to this day.
All the assembly of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the assembly who came out of Israel, and the foreigners who came out of the land of Israel and who lived in Judah, rejoiced.