Ezra 3:7
They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; 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.
Cross-reference
1 Kings 5:6 records Solomon requesting cedar from Lebanon and paying wages to Sidonians, exactly paralleling Ezra's arrangement for timber.
1 Kings 5:9-11 describes bringing cedar by sea and payment in food, mirroring Ezra's provision of food/drink/oil for Lebanon timber.
2 Chronicles 2:10-15 has Solomon providing wheat, barley, wine, and oil for Hiram's woodcutters, paralleling Ezra's food/oil payment.
2 Chronicles 2:16 explicitly mentions bringing timber from Lebanon by sea to Joppa, exactly as Ezra does for the rebuilt temple.
1 Chronicles 22:2 describes David appointing stonecutters for the temple, parallel to hiring masons and carpenters here.
1 Chronicles 22:4 explicitly notes that Sidonians and Tyrians brought cedar to David for the temple, identical to the source and purpose here.
Haggai 1:8 commands bringing timber to build the temple, directly corresponding to the action taken here.
In 2 Kings 12:11, money is given to carpenters and builders for temple repairs — the same kind of payment for workers described here.
In 2 Kings 12:12, funds go to masons and for timber/stone — mirroring the materials and workers paid here.
In 2 Kings 22:5, money is given to workers for temple repairs — similar to the funding of materials and labor here.
2 Kings 22:6 describes paying masons and carpenters for temple repair under Josiah, mirroring Ezra's funding of similar work.
1 Chronicles 14:1 shows Hiram of Tyre sending cedar to David for his palace, a similar pattern of obtaining cedar from Tyre for construction.
2 Chronicles 24:12 records giving money to masons and carpenters to restore the temple under Joash, echoing Ezra's temple funding.