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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

列王纪上 5:1

所羅門定意建殿(代下2:1~10)推羅王希蘭聽見以色列人膏立了所羅門接續他父親作王,就派遣自己的臣僕來見所羅門;因為希蘭一向愛大衛。(本節在《馬索拉抄本》為5:15)

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ambassadors;   David;   Diplomacy;   Friendship;   Treaty;   Tyre;   Thompson Chain Reference - Ambassadors;   Friendship;   Friendship-Friendlessness;   Hiram;   Huram;   Nation, the;   Solomon;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Tyre;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Hiram or Huram;   Tyre or Tyrus;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Lebanon;   Phoenicia;   Solomon;   Tyre;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Ezekiel, Theology of;   Friend, Friendship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ambassador;   Hiram;   Tyre;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hiram;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kings, 1 and 2;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Alliance;   Hiram;   Israel;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hiram ;   Tyre, Tyrus;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hiram;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Solomon;   Tyre;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Hi'ram,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hiram;   King;   Lover;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Alliances;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Gifts;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
推 罗 王 希 兰 , 平 素 爱 大 卫 ; 他 听 见 以 色 列 人 膏 所 罗 门 , 接 续 他 父 亲 作 王 , 就 差 遣 臣 仆 来 见 他 。

Contextual Overview

1 Hiram, the king of Tyre, had always been David's friend. When Hiram heard that Solomon had been made king in David's place, he sent his messengers to Solomon. 2 Solomon sent this message back to King Hiram: 3 "You remember my father David had to fight many wars with the countries around him, so he was never able to build a temple for worshiping the Lord his God. David was waiting until the Lord allowed him to defeat all his enemies. 4 But now the Lord my God has given me peace on all sides of my country. I have no enemies now, and no danger threatens my people. 5 "The Lord promised my father David, ‘I will make your son king after you, and he will build a temple for worshiping me.' Now, I plan to build that temple for worshiping the Lord my God. 6 So send your men to cut down cedar trees for me from Lebanon. My servants will work with yours, and I will pay them whatever wages you decide. We don't have anyone who can cut down trees as well as the people of Sidon." 7 When Hiram heard what Solomon asked, he was very happy. He said, "Praise the Lord today! He has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation!" 8 Then Hiram sent back this message to Solomon: "I received the message you sent, and I will give you all the cedar and pine trees you want. 9 My servants will bring them down from Lebanon to the sea. There I will tie them together and float them along the shore to the place you choose. Then I will separate the logs there, and you can take them away. In return it is my wish that you give food to all those who live with me."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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Hiram: 1 Kings 5:10, 1 Kings 5:13, 1 Kings 9:12-14, 2 Chronicles 2:3, Huram

sent: 2 Samuel 8:10, 2 Samuel 10:1, 2 Samuel 10:2, Psalms 45:12

for Hiram: 2 Samuel 5:11, 1 Chronicles 14:1, Amos 1:9

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 9:13 - my brother Ezekiel 27:5 - cedars Luke 7:5 - he loveth Acts 7:47 - General Titus 1:8 - a lover of good

Cross-References

Genesis 2:4
This is the story of the creation of the sky and the earth. When the Lord God first made the earth and the sky,
Genesis 5:26
After Lamech was born, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:27
So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
Genesis 6:9
This is the family history of Noah. Noah was a good man, the most innocent man of his time, and he walked with God.
Genesis 10:1
This is the family history of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah. After the flood these three men had sons.
1 Chronicles 1:1
Adam was the father of Seth. Seth was the father of Enosh. Enosh was the father of Kenan.
Ecclesiastes 7:29
One thing I have learned: God made people good, but they have found all kinds of ways to be bad."
Ecclesiastes 12:1
Remember your Creator while you are young, before the days of trouble come and the years when you say, "I find no pleasure in them."
Matthew 1:1
This is the family history of Jesus Christ. He came from the family of David, and David came from the family of Abraham.
1 Corinthians 11:7
But a man should not cover his head, because he is the likeness and glory of God. But woman is man's glory.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Hiram king of Tyre sent servants unto Solomon,.... His ambassadors, to condole him on the death of his father, and congratulate him on his accession to the throne; this king is called by the Phoenician historians s Hirom, and by Eupolemus t Suron, as he is Huram in 2 Chronicles 2:3; and by Theophilus of Antioch u Hierom the son of Abelmalus, in the twelfth year of whose reign the temple was built:

for he had heard that they had anointed him, king in the room of his father; that the Israelites had anointed him king:

for Hiram was ever a lover of David; a friend and ally of his; and we never read of the Tyrians being at war with him, or assisting any of his enemies.

s Apud Joseph. contr. Apion. l. 1. c. 17, 18. t Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 33, 34. u Ad Antolyc. l. 3. p. 131, 132.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hiram, king of Tyre - Menander of Ephesus, who wrote a history of Tyre in Greek, founded upon native Tyrian documents, about 300 B.C., mentioned this Hiram as the son of Abibaal king of Tyre, and said that he ascended the throne when he was nineteen; that he reigned thirty-four years, and, dying at the age of fifty-three, was succeeded by his son Baleazar. Menander spoke at some length of the dealings of Hiram with Solomon.

Sent his servants - This appears to have been an embassy of congratulation.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER V

Hiram, king of Tyre, sends to congratulate Solomon on his

accession to the kingdom, 1.

Solomon consults him on building a temple for the Lord, and

requests his assistance, 2-6.

Hiram is pleased and specifies the assistance which he will

afford, 7-9.

He sends cedars and fir trees, 10.

The return made by Solomon, 11.

They form a league, 12.

Solomon makes a levy of men in Israel to prepare wood and

stones, 13-18.

NOTES ON CHAP. V

Verse 1 Kings 5:1. Hiram king of Tyre — It must have been at the beginning of Solomon's reign that these ambassadors were sent; and some suppose that the Hiram mentioned here is different from him who was the friend of David; but there seems no very solid reason for this supposition. As Hiram had intimate alliance with David, and built his palace, 2 Samuel 5:11, he wished to maintain the same good understanding with his son, of whose wisdom he had no doubt heard the most advantageous accounts; and he loved the son because he always loved the father, for Hiram was ever a lover of David.


 
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