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1 Kings 5:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

cedar trees: 1 Kings 6:9-10, 1 Kings 6:16, 1 Kings 6:20; 2 Chronicles 2:8, 2 Chronicles 2:10; Psalms 29:5

will I give hire: Romans 12:17; Philippians 4:8

appoint: Heb. say

that there is not: 1 Corinthians 12:14-21; Ephesians 4:7

Sidonians: Genesis 10:15; Ezra 3:7

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