Verse 5

They crafted all your planks out of fir trees from Senir; they took a cedar from Lebanon to make your mast.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 3:9 : 9 (the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion and the Amorites call it Senir),
  • Song 4:8 : 8 The Wedding Night: Beautiful as Lebanon Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon. Descend from the crest of Amana, from the top of Senir, the summit of Hermon, from the lions’ dens and the mountain haunts of the leopards.
  • Isa 14:8 : 8 The evergreens also rejoice over your demise, as do the cedars of Lebanon, singing,‘Since you fell asleep, no woodsman comes up to chop us down!’
  • 1 Kgs 5:1 : 1 Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple(5:15) King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place.(Hiram had always been an ally of David.)
  • 1 Kgs 5:6 : 6 So now order some cedars of Lebanon to be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants. I will pay your servants whatever you say is appropriate, for you know that we have no one among us who knows how to cut down trees like the Sidonians.”
  • Ps 29:5 : 5 The LORD’s shout breaks the cedars, the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon.
  • Ps 92:12 : 12 The godly grow like a palm tree; they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon.
  • Ps 104:16 : 16 The trees of the LORD receive all the rain they need, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,