Ezra 3:7

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Summary

They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

Gave money

2 Kings 12:11

2 Kings 22:5

2 Chronicles 24:12

Meat

Joppa joppa, now jaffa or yaffa, one of the most ancient sea-ports in the world, is situated in a fine plain on the shore of the mediterranean, between jamnia south and caesarea of palestine north, 150 stadia from antipatris, according to josephus, 30 miles south of caesarea, 12 miles north of ashdod, 9 miles west of ramla, and 40 miles west of jerusalem, according to modern authorities; and in lat

According

Ezra 6:3

Bible References

Gave money

And the money which was measured out they gave regularly to those who were responsible for overseeing the work, and these gave it in payment to the woodworkers and the builders who were working on the house of the Lord,

And let it be given to the overseers of the work of the Lord's house, to give to the workmen who are making good what was damaged in the house of the Lord;

Then the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who were responsible for getting the work done on the Lord's house, and with it they got wall-builders and woodworkers and metal-workers to put the house of the Lord in good order again.

Meat

So now, will you have cedar-trees from Lebanon cut down for me, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you payment for your servants at whatever rate you say; for it is common knowledge that we have no such wood-cutters among us as the men of Zidon.

And I will give as food to your servants, the wood-cutters, twenty thousand measures of grain, and twenty thousand measures of barley and twenty thousand measures of wine and twenty thousand measures of oil.

Judah and the land of Israel were your traders; they gave grain of Minnith and sweet cakes and honey and oil and perfume for your goods.

Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon: and they came to him, all together, and having made friends with Blastus, the controller of the king's house, they made a request for peace, because their country was dependent on the king's country for its food.

Joppa joppa, now jaffa or yaffa, one of the most ancient sea-ports in the world, is situated in a fine plain on the shore of the mediterranean, between jamnia south and caesarea of palestine north, 150 stadia from antipatris, according to josephus, 30 miles south of caesarea, 12 miles north of ashdod, 9 miles west of ramla, and 40 miles west of jerusalem, according to modern authorities; and in lat

And we will have wood cut from Lebanon, as much as you have need of, and will send it to you on flat boats by sea to Joppa, and from there you may take it up to Jerusalem.

And Jonah got up to go in flight to Tarshish, away from the Lord; and he went down to Joppa, and saw there a ship going to Tarshish: so he gave them the price of the journey and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, away from the Lord.

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, that is, Dorcas: this woman was given to good works and acts of mercy at all times.

Now send men to Joppa, and get one Simon, named Peter,

According

In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made an order: In connection with the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be put up, the place where they make offerings, and let the earth for the bases be put in place; let it be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide;