¹⁰ So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.

²³ By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.

¹⁷ Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.