1 Kings 5:1

Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple

5:1 (5:15) King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place. (Hiram had always been an ally of David.)

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.”

Psalms 29:5

29:5 The Lord’s shout breaks the cedars,

the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon.

Psalms 92:12

92:12 The godly grow like a palm tree;

they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon.

Psalms 104:16

104:16 The trees of the Lord receive all the rain they need,

the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,

Isaiah 14:8

14:8 The evergreens also rejoice over your demise,

as do the cedars of Lebanon, singing,

‘Since you fell asleep,

no woodsman comes up to chop us down!’