1 Chronicles 14:1

Then Solomon sent word to Hiram king of Tyre: “Do for me as you did for my father David when you sent him cedars to buil

They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace

Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying: “I have received your message; I will do all you desire regarding the cedar

Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon;

So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for th

So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare fini

After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while th

Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay y

Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber there.

Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.

“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serv

he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”