Judges 9:15
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15 The bramble said to the trees,
“If you really are anointing me
as king over you,
come and find refuge in my shade.
But if not,
may fire come out from the bramble
and consume the cedars of Lebanon.”
2 Samuel 5:11
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11 King Hiram of Tyre sent envoys to David; he also sent cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons,(A) and they built a palace for David.
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2 Samuel 7:2
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2 the king said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a cedar house while the ark of God sits inside tent curtains.”(A)
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2 Samuel 7:7
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7 In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked anyone among the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel: Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
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1 Kings 5:13
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Solomon’s Work Force
13 Then King Solomon drafted forced laborers from all Israel;(A) the labor force numbered 30,000 men.
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1 Kings 6:9-10
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9 When he finished building the temple,(A) he paneled it with boards and planks of cedar. 10 He built the chambers along the entire temple, joined to the temple with cedar beams;(B) each story was 7½ feet[a] high.
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- 1 Kings 6:10 Lit five cubits
Psalm 29:5
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5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon.(A)
Song of Solomon 1:17
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17 the beams of our house are cedars,
and our rafters are cypresses.[a]
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 1:17 Or firs, or pines
Song of Solomon 8:9
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9 If she is a wall,
we will build a silver parapet on it.
If she is a door,
we will enclose it with cedar planks.[a](A)
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- Song of Solomon 8:9 Vv. 8-9 may record what the girl’s brothers used to say.
Amos 2:9
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9 Yet I destroyed the Amorite(A) as Israel advanced;
his height(B) was like the cedars,
and he was as sturdy as the oaks;
I destroyed his fruit(C) above and his roots beneath.
Zechariah 11:1-2
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Israel’s Shepherds: Good and Bad
11 Open your gates, Lebanon,
and fire will consume your cedars.(A)
2 Wail, cypress,(B) for the cedar has fallen;
the glorious trees are destroyed!
Wail, oaks of Bashan,(C)
for the stately forest has fallen!
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