Lexicon :: Strong's H6086 - ʿēṣ

On that day he made them woodcutters and water carriers ​— ​as they are today ​— ​for the community and for the LORD’s altar at the place he would choose.

At sunset Joshua commanded that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave where they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are still there today.

But the olive tree said to them,

“Should I stop giving my oil

that people use to honor both God and men,

and rule[fn] over the trees? ”

Then the trees said to the fig tree,

“Come and reign over us.”

But the fig tree said to them,

“Should I stop giving

my sweetness and my good fruit,

and rule over trees? ”

Later, the trees said to the grapevine,

“Come and reign over us.”

But the grapevine said to them,

“Should I stop giving my wine

that cheers both God and man,

and rule over trees? ”

Finally, all the trees said to the bramble,

“Come and reign over us.”

The bramble said to the trees,

“If you really are anointing me

as king over you,

come and find refuge in my shade.

But if not,

may fire come out from the bramble

and consume the cedars of Lebanon.”

So Abimelech and all the troops who were with him went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his ax in his hand and cut a branch from the trees. He picked up the branch, put it on his shoulder, and said to the troops who were with him, “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.”

Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying, “I have heard your message; I will do everything you want regarding the cedar and cypress timber.

So Hiram provided Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber he wanted,

So Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the temple’s construction.

he paneled the interior temple walls with cedar boards; from the temple floor to the surface of the ceiling he overlaid the interior with wood. He also overlaid the floor with cypress boards.

In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim 15 feet[fn] high out of olive wood.

For the entrance of the inner sanctuary, he made olive wood doors. The pillars of the doorposts were five-sided.[fn]

The two doors were made of olive wood. He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flower blossoms on them and overlaid them with gold, hammering gold over the cherubim and palm trees.

In the same way, he made four-sided[fn] olive wood doorposts for the sanctuary entrance.

The two doors were made of cypress wood; the first door had two folding sides, and the second door had two folding panels.

The king made the almug wood into steps for the LORD’s temple and the king’s palace and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before did such almug wood arrive, and the like has not been seen again.

But she said, “As the LORD your God lives, I don’t have anything baked ​— ​only a handful of flour in the jar and a bit of oil in the jug. Just now, I am gathering a couple of sticks in order to go prepare it for myself and my son so we can eat it and die.”

Next, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, and placed it on the wood. He said, “Fill four water pots with water and pour it on the offering to be burned and on the wood.”

Then the LORD’s fire fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench.

They would destroy the cities, and each of them would throw a stone to cover every good piece of land. They would stop up every spring and cut down every good tree. This went on until only the buildings of Kir-hareseth were left. Then men with slings surrounded the city and attacked it.

Then the man of God asked, “Where did it fall? ”

When he showed him the place, the man of God cut a piece of wood, threw it there, and made the iron float.

the masons, and the stonecutters ​— ​and would use it to buy timber and quarried stone to repair the damage to the LORD’s temple and for all expenses for temple repairs.