Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and Heth;

Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore; he shall become a haven for ships, bordering Sidon.

And Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them and pursued them to Greater Sidon, to the Brook Misrephoth, and to the Valley of Mizpah eastward; they struck them until they left none of them remaining.

Men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around, and the men of Gammad were in your towers; they hung their shields on your walls all around; they made your beauty perfect.

the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were scattered.

Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?

Concerning Damascus: Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard bad news. Their hearts have melted; the sea is anxious; it cannot be quiet.

The open lands will shake at the sound of the cry of your sailors.

Now therefore, command that they cut down cedars for me from Lebanon; and my servants will be with your servants, and I will pay you wages for your servants according to whatever you say. For you know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.

And Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, seamen who knew the sea, along with the servants of Solomon.

And now I have sent a skillful man, having knowledge and understanding, Huram- abi,

(the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father, a man of Tyre), knowing how to work in gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple and violet, fine linen and crimson, and to make any engraving and to accomplish any plan which may be given to him, with your craftsmen and with the craftsmen of my lord David your father.