Hiram
1 Kings 5:1
And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon, for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the place of his father; for Hiram ever loved David.
1 Kings 5:2
And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
1 Kings 5:8
And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, "I have considered the things for which thou sentest to me, and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar and concerning timber of fir.
1 Kings 5:9
My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea; and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them. And thou shalt accomplish my desire in giving food for my household."
1 Chronicles 14:1
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars with masons and carpenters to build him a house.
they built
2 Samuel 7:2
that the king said unto Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains."
1 Kings 7:1-12
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But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
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He built also the House of the Forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was a hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
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And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams that lay on fortyfive pillars, fifteen in a row.
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And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
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And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows; and light was against light in three ranks.
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And he made a Porch of Pillars: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits; and the porch was in front of them, and the other pillars and the thick beam were in front of them.
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Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the Porch of Judgment; and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.
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And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also a house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken for a wife, like unto this porch.
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All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewn stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.
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And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
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And above were costly stones, according to the measures of hewn stones and cedars.
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And the great court round about was with three rows of hewn stone and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD and for the porch of the house.
Ecclesiastes 2:4-11
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I made me great work, I builded me houses, I planted me vineyards.
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I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.
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I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees.
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I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house. Also I had great possessions of great and small cattle, above all that were in Jerusalem before me.
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I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, and musical instruments, and those of all sorts.
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So I was great and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me.
10
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.
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Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Jeremiah 22:14-16
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that saith, `I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows, and it is ceiled with cedar and painted with vermilion.'
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Shalt thou reign because thou enclosest thyself in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
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He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him. Was not this to know Me?" saith the LORD.