And Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and the Hittite,

Zebulun shall dwell on the coast, and he [shall be] by a haven of ships, and shall extend to Sidon.

And the Lord delivered them into the power of Israel; and they struck them and pursued them to Great Sidon, and to Misrephoth, and to the plains of Mizpah eastward; and they destroyed them till there was not one of them left that survived.

The sons of the Aradians and your army were upon the walls; there were guards in your towers. They hung their quivers on your battlements round about; these completed your beauty.

and the Aradian, and the Samarean, and the Amathite; and after this the tribes of the Canaanites were dispersed.

then shall he say, Have I not taken the country above Babylon and Chalanes, where the tower was built? And have I [not] taken Arabia, and Damascus, and Samaria?

Concerning Damascus: Hamath is brought to shame, and Arpad; for they have heard an evil report. They are amazed, they are angry, they shall be utterly unable to rest.

At the cry of your voice your pilots shall be greatly terrified;

And now command, and let [men] cut wood for me out of Lebanon. And behold, my servants [shall be] with your servants, and I will give you the wages of your service, according to all that you shall say, because you know that we have no one skilled in cutting timber like the Sidonians.

And Hiram sent in the ship together with the servants of Solomon servants of his own, mariners to row, men acquainted with the sea.

And now I have sent you a wise and understanding man [who belonged] to Hiram my father,

(his mother [was] of the daughters of Dan, and his father [was] a Tyrian), skilled to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in stones and wood; and to weave with purple, and blue, and fine linen, and scarlet; and to engrave, and to understand every device, whatsoever you shalt give him [to do] with your craftsmen, and the craftsmen of my lord David your father.