Canaan's sons---Sidon, the oldest, and Heth---were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.

"Zebulun will live beside the sea. His shore will be a haven for ships. His territory will reach as far as Sidon.

The LORD gave the Israelites victory over them; the Israelites attacked and pursued them as far north as Misrephoth Maim and Sidon, and as far east as the valley of Mizpah. The fight continued until none of the enemy was left alive.

Soldiers from Arvad guarded your walls, and troops from Gamad guarded your towers. They hung their shields on your walls. They are the ones who made you beautiful.

the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. The different tribes of the Canaanites spread out,

I conquered the cities of Calno and Carchemish, the cities of Hamath and Arpad. I conquered Samaria and Damascus.

This is what the LORD said about Damascus: "The people in the cities of Hamath and Arpad are worried and troubled because they have heard bad news. Anxiety rolls over them like a sea, and they cannot rest.

The shouts of the drowning sailors Echoed on the shore.

So send your men to Lebanon to cut down cedars for me. My men will work with them, and I will pay your men whatever you decide. As you well know, my men don't know how to cut down trees as well as yours do."

King Hiram sent some experienced sailors from his fleet to serve with Solomon's men.

I am sending you a wise and skillful master metalworker named Huram.

His mother was a member of the tribe of Dan and his father was a native of Tyre. He knows how to make things out of gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood. He can work with blue, purple, and red cloth, and with linen. He can do all sorts of engraving and can follow any design suggested to him. Let him work with your skilled workers and with those who worked for your father, King David.