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Cedar

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: C By: James P. Boyd

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(resinous). A cone-bearing tree whose reddish fragrant wood was much prized (1 Kings 7:2²He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. (1 Kings 7:2); Psa. 92:12¹²The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. (Psalm 92:12); Song of Sol. 5:15¹⁵His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. (Song of Solomon 5:15); Isa. 2:13¹³And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, (Isaiah 2:13); Ezek. 31:6⁶All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations. (Ezekiel 31:6)).

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