1Ki 5:6-10, 6:15-18 | 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 5:6-10

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.”

7 As soon as Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the Lord this day, who has given to David a wise son to be over this great people.” 8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, “I have heard the message that you have sent to me. I am ready to do all you desire in the matter of cedar and cypress timber. 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.” 10 So Hiram supplied Solomon with all the timber of cedar and cypress that he desired,

1 Kings 6:15-18

15 He lined the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar. From the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood, ^band he covered the floor of the house with boards of cypress. 16 ^cHe built twenty cubits of the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the walls, and he built this within as an inner sanctuary, as ^dthe Most Holy Place. 17 The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long. 18 The cedar within the house was carved in the form of ^egourds and open flowers. All was cedar; no stone was seen.