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.”

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15 “The thornbush said to the trees, ‘If you really want to anoint me king over you, come and take refuge in my shade;(A) but if not, then let fire come out(B) of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!’(C)

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15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

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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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11 Now Hiram(A) king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs and carpenters and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

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11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.

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the king said to the prophet Nathan,(A) “Look, I am living in a cedar house while the ark of God sits inside tent curtains.”(B)

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

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That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.

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In all my journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever spoken a word to one of the tribal leaders of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, asking: Why haven’t you built me a house of cedar?’

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Wherever I have moved with all the Israelites,(A) did I ever say to any of their rulers whom I commanded to shepherd(B) my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a house(C) of cedar?(D)”’

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In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?

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Solomon’s Workforce

13 Then King Solomon drafted forced laborers from all Israel;(A) the labor force numbered thirty thousand men.

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13 King Solomon conscripted laborers(A) from all Israel—thirty thousand men.

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13 And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.

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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 high.

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So he built the temple and completed it, roofing it with beams and cedar(A) planks. 10 And he built the side rooms all along the temple. The height of each was five cubits, and they were attached to the temple by beams of cedar.

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So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.

10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

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The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon.(A)

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The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
    the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.(A)

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The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.

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17 the beams of our house are cedars,
and our rafters are cypresses.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1:17 Or firs, or pines

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17 The beams of our house are cedars;(A)
    our rafters are firs.

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17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

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If she is a wall,
we will build a silver barricade on her.
If she is a door,
we will enclose her with cedar planks.(A)

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If she is a wall,
    we will build towers of silver on her.
If she is a door,
    we will enclose her with panels of cedar.

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If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.

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