They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and food, and drink, and oil, unto them of Sidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from Cyrus king of Persia.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Meat, in imitation of Solomon, 3 Kings v. 11.
Orders. Hebrew, "permission. "(Calmet)
Protestants, "grant. "(Haydock)