2 Samuel 5:11 “Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, ca…”

2 Samuel 5:11

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.

World English Bible

Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, with cedar trees, carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

American Standard Version

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

Geneva Bible 1599

Hiram also king of Tyrus sent messengers to Dauid, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons for walles: and they built Dauid an house.

Darby Translation

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

Young's Literal Translation

And Hiram king of Tyre sendeth messengers unto David, and cedar-trees, and artificers of wood, and artificers of stone, for walls, and they build a house for David,

Bible in Basic English

And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David, with cedar-trees and woodworkers and stoneworkers: and they made David a house.

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Cross references

“Hiram”

1 Chronicles 14:1 1 Kings 5:1 1 Kings 5:2 1 Kings 5:8 1 Kings 5:9

1 Chronicles 14:1 · BSB

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

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 5:2 · BSB

And Solomon relayed this message to Hiram:

1 Kings 5:8 · 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.

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…

“they built”

2 Samuel 7:2 1 Kings 7:1–12 Ecclesiastes 2:4–11 Jeremiah 22:14–16

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.

Ecclesiastes 2:4–11 · BSB

I expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.

Jeremiah 22:14–16 · BSB

who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion.

Also

1 Kings 5:18

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10And David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of Hosts was with him.

12And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.

Read 2 Samuel 5