Now therefore command thou that they cut me cedar-trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants; and I will give thee hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt say: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that knoweth how to cut timber like unto the Sidonians.
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Solomon’s message to Hiram and Hiram’s answer (1 Kings 5:8–9) are given much more fully in 2 Chronicles 2:3–16.
C…

Cedar trees out of Lebanon. The central range of Lebanon is bare; but in the lower ranges there is still—probably in ancient times…

It is not every man who has every gift. Hiram and his Sidonians could hew timber more skillfully than Solomon and his Israelites.
God can alw…

Now therefore command you that they hew me cedars out of
Lebanon
That is, order his s…

Here is Solomon's design to build a temple. There is no adversary, meaning no Satan (as the word "adversary" itself implies); nor is there any inst…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes