And he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree in Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fish.

And now command that they cut me cedar trees out of Lebanon, and my servants shall be with your servants. And I will give you hire for your servants according to all that you shall say. For you know that not a man among us can cut timber like the Sidonians.

And Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees, all his desire.

Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desires. Then King Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

And the cedar of the house inside was carved with gourds and open flowers. All was cedar; there was no stone seen.

And he built the house of the forest of Lebanon. Its length was a hundred cubits, and its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars.

And Hiram sent to Solomon saying, I have heard that for which you sent to me. I will do all your desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.

And he built the house and finished it. And he covered the house with beams and rows of cedar.

And he built the side-stories on all the house, five cubits high. And they rested on the house with timbers of cedar.

And he built the walls of the house inside with boards of cedar, from the floor of the house and the walls of the ceiling. He covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.

And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar. He even built them for it inside, for the sanctuary, for the Holy of Holies.

And the Holy of Holies in the front part was twenty cubits in length and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in height. And he overlaid it with pure gold, and covered the altar of cedar.

And he built the inner court with three rows of cut stone, and a row of cedar beams.

And it was covered with cedar above on the beams that lay on forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row.

And he made a porch of the throne where he judged, the porch of judgment. And it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.

And above were costly stones, according to the measures of hewn stone and cedar.

And the great court all around was with three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and for the porch of the house.

And the king made silver like stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars like the sycamore trees in the valley for abundance.