They made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; they took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
(the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, while the Amorites call it Senir),
Come with me from Lebanon, my bride; come with me from Lebanon. Depart from the peak of Amana, from the peak of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountains of leopards.
The cypresses rejoice at you, the cedars of Lebanon, saying, ‘Since you were laid low, no woodcutter comes up against us.’
The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
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.”
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram always loved David.
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