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• Hiram

  Hiram was king of Tyre, a Phoenician port city, during the reigns of David and Solomon. He supplied timber and craftsmen for the building of the Temple and the royal palace in Jerusalem, and he joined Solomon in maritime trade.

• Tyre

  Tyre was a Phoenician port city on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean. In the Old Testament it appears as a neighboring kingdom that dealt with David and Solomon and as a target of the prophets' oracles of judgment; in the New Testament it is a Gentile region visited by Jesus and Paul.

• Tyre and Sidon

  Tyre and Sidon were Phoenician port cities on the eastern Mediterranean coast, in present-day Lebanon. In the Old Testament they appear as trading partners of Israel and as objects of the prophets' pronouncements of judgment; in the New Testament they appear as Gentile regions reached by the ministry of Jesus.

• 1 Chronicles 14

  1 Chronicles 14 records how Hiram king of Tyre helped build David's palace, lists the sons born to David in Jerusalem, and recounts David's two victories over the Philistines in the Valley of Rephaim.

• 1 Kings 5

  1 Kings 5 recounts how Solomon made a league with Hiram king of Tyre to obtain cedars from Lebanon and raised a levy of laborers from Israel to prepare for building the temple in Jerusalem.

• Ezekiel 28

  Ezekiel 28 contains a prophecy rebuking the pride of the king of Tyre, a lament over him, a prophecy of judgment against Sidon, and a promise to regather scattered Israel.

• Ezekiel 26

  Ezekiel 26 is a prophecy of judgment against the maritime city of Tyre, which rejoiced at the fall of Jerusalem. It describes the assault of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, the destruction of Tyre, and the lament of the princes of the sea.

• 2 Chronicles 2

  2 Chronicles 2 records Solomon's decision to build the temple and his royal palace, his exchange of letters with Huram king of Tyre, who agrees to supply timber and a skilled craftsman, and his conscription of foreign laborers.

• Ezekiel 27

  Ezekiel 27 is the chapter in which God commands Ezekiel to compose a lament (a song of mourning) for Tyre. It portrays Tyre as a magnificently adorned great ship and celebrates its splendid trade, then depicts the city's downfall as the ship breaking apart in the midst of the sea while its sailors wail.

• 1 Kings 9

  First Kings 9 records the LORD's second appearance to Solomon after the dedication of the temple. He promises to establish Solomon's throne if he obeys, and He warns that He will cast off even the temple if Israel turns away. The chapter also records Solomon's building projects, his dealings with Hiram king of Tyre, and his maritime trade.

• Cedar

  The cedar is a tall evergreen conifer that grows in the mountains of Lebanon. In the Bible it appears as a precious timber used to build the temple and royal palaces, and as a symbol of majesty and prosperity as well as of pride.

• Galilee

  Galilee is a biblical place name referring to the northern region of Israel and to the lake on its eastern side (the Sea of Galilee). Jesus grew up there and carried out most of his public ministry in the region, making it a principal setting of the Gospels.

• 2 Chronicles 3:1

  This verse states that Solomon began building the temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, at the threshing floor of Ornan that David had appointed. It is frequently cited as a key text linking the temple site to Abraham's offering of Isaac on Moriah and to David's altar.

• 1 Kings 6

  1 Kings 6 records how Solomon began building the house of the LORD (the Temple) in the 480th year after the Exodus, the fourth year of his reign, and completed it in seven years. The chapter describes the Temple's dimensions, structure, and decoration in turn.

• Ezekiel 29

  Ezekiel 29 opens the book's prophecies against Egypt. It pronounces judgment on Pharaoh, who boasts that the Nile is his own, by likening him to a great crocodile, and it foretells that the land of Egypt will be handed over to Nebuchadnezzar.

• Joppa

  Joppa was a port city on the Mediterranean coast. In the Old Testament it was the port through which timber for the Temple arrived and the place where Jonah boarded a ship; in the New Testament it was where Peter raised Tabitha from the dead and received the vision that opened the way for the mission to the Gentiles.

• Blastus

  Blastus is a figure mentioned only once, in Acts 12:20, as the chamberlain of King Herod (Agrippa I). When the people of Tyre and Sidon sought to make peace with the king, they conveyed their request through him.

• Zarephath

  Zarephath was a Phoenician town on the Mediterranean coast between Tyre and Sidon. The prophet Elijah stayed there during a drought and was provided for by a widow. In the New Testament the name appears as "Sarepta."

• Isaiah 24

  Isaiah 24 is a prophecy depicting the LORD judging the whole earth and laying it waste, and then reigning as King on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem. It is the first chapter of the unit comprising Isaiah 24–27.

• Zechariah 9

  Zechariah 9 opens the second half of the Book of Zechariah (chapters 9–14). It proclaims judgment on the surrounding nations, announces a humble king who comes riding on a colt, the foal of a donkey, and promises the release and restoration of the prisoners.