1 Kings 4:33

4:33 He produced manuals on botany, describing every kind of plant, ¹  from the cedars of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows on walls. He also produced manuals on biology, describing ²  animals, birds, insects, and fish.

1 Kings 5:6

5:6 So now order some cedars of Lebanon to be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants. I will pay your servants whatever you say is appropriate, for you know that we have no one among us who knows how to cut down trees like the Sidonians.”

1 Kings 5:8

5:8 Hiram then sent this message to Solomon: “I received ³  the message you sent to me. I will give you all the cedars and evergreens you need. ⁴ 

1 Kings 6:15

6:15 He constructed the walls inside the temple with cedar planks; he paneled the inside with wood from the floor of the temple to the rafters ⁵  of the ceiling. He covered the temple floor with boards made from the wood of evergreens.

1 Kings 9:11

9:11 King Solomon gave King Hiram of Tyre ⁶  twenty cities in the region of Galilee, because Hiram had supplied Solomon with cedars, evergreens, and all the gold he wanted.

¹ tn Heb “he spoke about plants.”

² tn Heb “he spoke about.”

³ tn Heb “heard.”

⁴ tn Heb “I will satisfy all your desire with respect to cedar wood and with respect to the wood of evergreens.”

⁵ tc The MT reads קִירוֹת (qirot, “walls”), but this should be emended to קוֹרוֹת (qorot, “rafters”). See BDB 900 s.v. קוֹרָה.

⁷ map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.