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A TYPICAI. CEDAR OF LTiBANON, AS USl^D BY SOI.OMON IN BUILDING THE TEMPLE 



"And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, . . . Now therefore command thou that they 

 hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; ... for thou knowest that there is not among us 

 any that can sl<ill to hew timber hke unto the Sidonians. . . . And Hiram sent to Solomon, 

 saying, ... I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, ... My servants 

 shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea : and I will convey them by sea in floats 

 unto the place that thou shall appoint me, . . . So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and 

 fir trees according to all his desire" (i Kings 5 : 2-10). 



