“Therefore, please command that cedars from Lebanon be cut for me. Let my men work alongside yours, and I will pay your men whatever wages you ask. As you know, there is no one among us who can cut timber like you Sidonians!”

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

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

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

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

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

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

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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…