18And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
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And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.
The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-18)Here is, I. The performance of the agreement between Solomon and Hiram. Each of the parties made good his engagement. 1. Hiram delivered Solomon the timber, according to his bargain, 1 Kgs. 5:10. The trees were Solomon’s, but perhaps— Materiam superabat opus—The workmanship was of more value than the article . Hiram is therefore said to deliver the trees. 2. Solomon conveyed to Hiram the corn whic…
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