Thus Solomon's builders, Hiram's builders, and the Giblites cut and prepared timber and stones to build the house.

Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

The elders of Gebal and its wise men were in you to caulk your seams; all the ships of the sea and their oarsmen were in you to exchange your merchandise.

Turn and set out, and go to the mountains of the Amorites, to all the neighboring places in the plain, in the mountains and in the lowland, in the South and on the seacoast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the River Euphrates.

I pray, let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan, those pleasant mountains, and Lebanon.

And these are the kings of the land which Joshua and the sons of Israel conquered on this side of the Jordan, on the west, from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon as far as Mount Halak and the ascent to Seir, which Joshua gave to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their divisions,

from Mount Halak and the ascent to Seir, even as far as Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings, and struck them down and killed them.

from Mount Hor you shall mark out to the entrance of Hamath; and the extremity of the border shall be toward Zedad;

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

Cross over to Calneh and see; and from there go to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms, or their border than your border?