Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew 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…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Cedar trees out of Lebanon. The central range of Lebanon is bare; but in the lower ranges there is still—probably in ancient times…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
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…
John Gill
JohnGill
Now therefore command you that they hew me cedars out of
Lebanon
That is, order his s…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
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
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