1Ki 5:6, 9, 14, Psa 29:5, Isa 61:3 | ESV | STEP | Now therefore command that cedars of Lebanon be cut for me. And my servants will join your servants , and I will pay you for your servants such wages as you set , for you know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians .

1 Kings 5:6

6 Now therefore command that cedars of Lebanon be cut for me. And my servants will join your servants, and I will pay you for your servants such wages as you set, for you know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”

1 Kings 5:9

9 My servants shall bring it down to the sea from Lebanon, and I will make it into rafts to go by sea to the place you direct. And I will have them broken up there, and you shall receive it. And you shall meet my wishes ^aby providing food for my household.”

1 Kings 5:14

14 And he sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month in shifts. They would be a month in Lebanon and two months at home. ^bAdoniram was in charge of the draft.

Psalms 29:5

5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
the Lord breaks ^cthe cedars of Lebanon.

Isaiah 61:3

3 to grant to those who mourn in Zion—
^dto give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,
^ethe oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;
^fthat they may be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, ^gthat he may be glorified. ^{▼▼Or that he may display his beauty}