Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and carpenters and stonemasons; and they built a house for David.

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees, masons and carpenters, to build a house for him.

He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows on the wall; he spoke also of animals and birds and creeping things and fish.

“They have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir;
They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,
Because the glorious trees have been destroyed;
Wail, O oaks of Bashan,
For the impenetrable forest has come down.