9 My servants shall bring it down to the sea from Lebanon, and I will make it into rafts to go by sea to the place you direct. And I will have them broken up there, and you shall receive it. And you shall meet my wishes by providing food for my household.”

11 while Solomon gave Hiram 20,000 cors¹ of wheat as food for his household, and 20,000² cors of beaten oil. Solomon gave this to Hiram year by year.

7 So they gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians to bring ^hcedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the ⁱgrant that they had from Cyrus king of Persia.

The Death of Herod

20 Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they came to him with one accord, and having persuaded Blastus, the king’s chamberlain,¹ they asked for peace, ^fbecause their country depended on the king’s country for food.