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The Bible records that King David provided materials for a proposed temple in Jerusalem before his death.

…and cedar timbers without number, for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought great quantities of cedar to David. (1 Chronicles 22:4 ESV; see verses 1-5)

• The cedars were floated from Lebanon to Joppa for Solomon’s Temple (2 Chronicles 2:16).
• Hiram, king of Tyre, built a cedar house for David (2 Samuel 5:11; 7:2).
• Solomon requested that Hiram have cedars of Lebanon cut for him (1 Chronicles 22:7).
• Cedars from Lebanon again were floated to Joppa for the rebuilding of the temple (520-516 B.C.; Ezra 3:7).

Only a few of the fabled cedars remain in Lebanon. One cluster of trees grow at Besharre in the north of Lebanon at an elevation of about 5000 feet or more above sea level. Our photo below was made in May, 2002, when there was some snow still on…