15 And now the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine that my lord has promised, let him send to his servants.+

7 And they proceeded to give money+ to the cutters+ and to the craftsmen,+ and eatables+ and drink and oil+ to the Si·doʹni·ans+ and the Tyrʹi·ans,+ to bring cedar timbers from Lebʹa·non+ to the sea at Jopʹpa,+ according to the permission granted by Cyrus+ the king of Persia to them.

20 Now he was in a fighting mood against the people of Tyre and of Siʹdon. So with one accord they came* to him and, after persuading Blastus, who was in charge of the bedchamber of the king, they began suing for peace, because their country was supplied with food+ from that of the king.