Send me also cedar, juniper, and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber of Lebanon; and indeed my servants will work with your servants,
Parallel translations
- WEB “Send me also cedar trees, cypress trees, and algum trees out of Lebanon; for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon. Behold, my servants will be with your servants,
- KJV Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
- BSB Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber there. And indeed, my servants will work with yours
- NKJV Also send me cedar and cypress and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and indeed my servants will be with your servants,
- NLT “Also send me cedar, cypress, and red sandalwood logs from Lebanon, for I know that your men are without equal at cutting timber in Lebanon. I will send my men to help them.
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Solomon asks Huram for cedar, cypress, and algum timber from Lebanon, praising his servants' skill. He gathers the finest materials for the temple.
Overview
Lebanon's renowned timber and skilled woodcutters would supply the temple's structure. Solomon's joint labor with Tyre's servants again shows cooperation across nations for God's house. The gathering of the world's best resources for worship foreshadows the nations bringing their glory into the kingdom of God.
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- 1 Kgs 5:6Now therefore command that cedar trees be cut for me out of Lebanon. My servants will be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants according to all that you say. For you know that there is nobody among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”
- 1 Kgs 10:11The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir, also brought in from Ophir great quantities of almug trees and precious stones.
- 2 Chr 9:10–11The servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum trees and precious stones.
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