1 Kings 5:6
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Now therefore command you that they cut me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with your servants; and I will give you hire for your servants according to all that you shall say: for you know that there is not among us any who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.
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Lebanon supplied the famed cedar forests Solomon requested, while Tyre, the Phoenician coastal kingdom ruled by Hiram, controlled access to skilled craftsmen and maritime trade. Gebal, a Phoenician city north of Tyre, was known for expert builders; the Great Sea is the Mediterranean, used to float timber southward.
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1 Kings 5:6 mentions Gebal, Great Sea, Lebanon and Tyre.
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