Ezra 3:7
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7 They also gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and (A)food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to the sea, to (B)Joppa, (C)according to the permission which they had from Cyrus king of Persia.
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1 Kings 5:6
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6 Now therefore, command that they cut down (A)cedars for me from Lebanon; and my servants will be with your servants, and I will pay you wages for your servants according to whatever you say. For you know there is none among us who has skill to cut timber like the Sidonians.
Acts 12:20
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Herod’s Violent Death
20 Now Herod had been very angry with the people of (A)Tyre and Sidon; but they came to him with one accord, and having made Blastus [a]the king’s personal aide their friend, they asked for peace, because (B)their country was [b]supplied with food by the king’s country.
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- Acts 12:20 who was in charge of the king’s bedchamber
- Acts 12:20 Lit. nourished
Acts 9:36
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Dorcas Restored to Life
36 At Joppa there was a certain disciple named [a]Tabitha, which is translated [b]Dorcas. This woman was full (A)of good works and charitable deeds which she did.
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Jonah 1:3
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3 But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to (A)Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to (B)Tarshish (C)from the presence of the Lord.
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Ezekiel 27:17
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17 Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded for your merchandise wheat of (A)Minnith, millet, honey, oil, and (B)balm.
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Ezra 6:3-5
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3 In the first year of King Cyrus, King Cyrus issued a (A)decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem: “Let the house be rebuilt, the place where they offered sacrifices; and let the foundations of it be firmly laid, its height sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits, 4 (B)with three rows of heavy stones and one row of new timber. Let the (C)expenses be paid from the king’s treasury. 5 Also let (D)the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple which is in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and taken back to the temple which is in Jerusalem, each to its place; and deposit them in the house of God”—
Ezra 1:2-4
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2 Thus says Cyrus king of Persia:
All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of heaven has given me. And He has (A)commanded me to build Him a [a]house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. 3 Who is among you of all His people? May his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel (B)(He is God), which is in Jerusalem. 4 And whoever is left in any place where he dwells, let the men of his place help him with silver and gold, with goods and livestock, besides the freewill offerings for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.
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- Ezra 1:2 Temple
2 Chronicles 24:12-13
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12 The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of the house of the Lord; and they hired masons and carpenters to (A)repair the house of the Lord, and also those who worked in iron and bronze to restore the house of the Lord. 13 So the workmen labored, and the work was completed by them; they restored the house of God to its original condition and reinforced it.
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2 Chronicles 2:10-16
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10 (A)And indeed I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut timber, twenty thousand kors of ground wheat, twenty thousand kors of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
11 Then Hiram king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon:
(B)Because the Lord loves His people, He has made you king over them.
12 [a]Hiram also said:
(C)Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, (D)who made heaven and earth, for He has given King David a wise son, endowed with prudence and understanding, who will build a temple for the Lord and a royal house for himself!
13 And now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, [b]Huram my [c]master craftsman 14 (E)(the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre), skilled to work in gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple and blue, fine linen and crimson, and to make any engraving and to accomplish any plan which may be given to him, with your skillful men and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.
15 Now therefore, the wheat, the barley, the oil, and the wine which (F)my lord has spoken of, let him send to his servants. 16 (G)And we will cut wood from Lebanon, as much as you need; we will bring it to you in rafts by sea to [d]Joppa, and you will carry it up to Jerusalem.
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- 2 Chronicles 2:12 Heb. Huram; cf. 1 Kin. 5:1
- 2 Chronicles 2:13 Hiram, 1 Kin. 7:13
- 2 Chronicles 2:13 Lit. father, 1 Kin. 7:13, 14
- 2 Chronicles 2:16 Heb. Japho
2 Kings 22:5-6
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5 And let them (A)deliver it into the hand of those doing the work, who are the overseers in the house of the Lord; let them give it to those who are in the house of the Lord doing the work, to repair the damages of the house— 6 to carpenters and builders and masons—and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
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2 Kings 12:11-12
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11 Then they gave the money, which had been apportioned, into the hands of those who did the work, who had the oversight of the house of the Lord; and they [a]paid it out to the carpenters and builders who worked on the house of the Lord, 12 and to masons and stonecutters, and for buying timber and hewn stone, to (A)repair the damage of the house of the Lord, and for all that was paid out to repair the temple.
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- 2 Kings 12:11 Lit. weighed
1 Kings 5:9-11
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9 My servants shall bring them down (A)from Lebanon to the sea; I will float them in rafts by sea to the place you indicate to me, and will have them broken apart there; then you can take them away. And you shall fulfill my desire (B)by giving food for my household.
10 Then Hiram gave Solomon cedar and cypress logs according to all his desire. 11 (C)And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand [a]kors of wheat as food for his household, and [b]twenty kors of pressed oil. Thus Solomon gave to Hiram year by year.
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- 1 Kings 5:11 Each about 5 bushels
- 1 Kings 5:11 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX, Syr. twenty thousand kors
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