1 Chronicles 14:1 “Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, st…”

1 Chronicles 14:1

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters, to build a palace for him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.

World English Bible

Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees, masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.

American Standard Version

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then sent Hiram the King of Tyrus messengers to Dauid, and cedar trees, with masons and carpenters to builde him an house.

Darby Translation

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him a house.

Young's Literal Translation

And Huram king of Tyre sendeth messengers unto David, and cedar-wood, and artificers of walls, and artificers of wood, to build to him a house.

Bible in Basic English

And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David with cedar-trees, and stoneworkers and woodworkers for the building of his house.

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Cross references

“A. M. 2961. B.C. 1043. Hiram”

1 Kings 5:1 1 Kings 5:8–12 2 Samuel 5:11 2 Samuel 5:12–16 2 Chronicles 2:11 2 Chronicles 2:12

1 Kings 5:1 · BSB

Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.

1 Kings 5:8–12 · BSB

Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying: “I have received your message; I will do all you desire regarding the cedar and cypress timber.

2 Samuel 5:11 · BSB

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

2 Samuel 5:12–16 · BSB

And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.

2 Chronicles 2:11 · BSB

Then Hiram king of Tyre wrote a letter in reply to Solomon: “Because the LORD loves His people, He has set you over them as king.”

2 Chronicles 2:12 · BSB

And Hiram added: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son with insight and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a royal palace for…

“Huram”

2 Chronicles 2:3 Ezra 3:7 1 Chronicles 22:2 1 Kings 5:6 1 Kings 5:18 1 Kings 5:9

2 Chronicles 2:3 · BSB

Then Solomon sent word to Hiram king of Tyre: “Do for me as you did for my father David when you sent him cedars to build himself a house to live in.

Ezra 3:7 · BSB

They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.

1 Chronicles 22:2 · BSB

So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God.

1 Kings 5:6 · BSB

Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging…

1 Kings 5:18 · BSB

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

1 Kings 5:9 · BSB

My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away. And in exchange, you can meet my needs b…

“to build him”

1 Chronicles 17:1 2 Samuel 7:2 1 Kings 7:1–12 Jeremiah 22:13–15

1 Chronicles 17:1 · BSB

After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”

2 Samuel 7:2 · BSB

he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”

1 Kings 7:1–12 · BSB

Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.

Jeremiah 22:13–15 · BSB

“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,

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In context

2And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had highly exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.

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