The assistance they obtained from Tyre and Zidon in building the temple, suggests to us once more how the Lord had a continued reference to the poor Gentiles of the earth. They shall have somewhat to do with Jesus even before they know the Lord Jesus, or are conscious of their want of him. For the Lord Jehovah, our Father, had given the ends of the earth to his dear Son from the moment he set him up as King in Zion. This the Lord Jesus assured the church of when he said, I will declare the decree. Psalms 2:6-8.
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Ezra 3:7
7 They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters;d and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.