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1 Kings 5:2

And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Diplomacy;   Treaty;   Tyre;   Thompson Chain Reference - Solomon;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Hiram or Huram;   Tyre or Tyrus;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Lebanon;   Solomon;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Ezekiel, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Lebanon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Alliances;   Lebanon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hiram;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Alliance;   Israel;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hiram ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hiram;   Solomon;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Alliances;   Leb'anon,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Measure;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Alliances;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Solomon sent this message to Hiram:
Hebrew Names Version
Shlomo sent to Hiram, saying,
King James Version
And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
English Standard Version
And Solomon sent word to Hiram,
New Century Version
Solomon sent this message back to King Hiram:
New English Translation
Solomon then sent this message to Hiram:
Amplified Bible
Then Solomon sent word to Hiram, saying,
New American Standard Bible
Then Solomon sent word to Hiram, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also Salomon sent to Hiram, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
And Solomon sent word to Hiram, saying,
Contemporary English Version
Solomon sent a message back to Hiram:
Complete Jewish Bible
Shlomo's provisions for one day consisted of 150 bushels of fine flour, 310 bushels of meal,
Darby Translation
And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
This is what Solomon said to King Hiram:
George Lamsa Translation
And Hiram sent to Solomon and blessed him. And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
Good News Translation
Solomon sent back this message to Hiram:
Lexham English Bible
Then Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
Literal Translation
And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Salomon sent vnto Hiram, sayenge:
American Standard Version
And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
Bible in Basic English
And Solomon sent back word to Hiram, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal;
King James Version (1611)
And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Solomon sent to Chiram, saying,
English Revised Version
And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
And Solomon relayed this message to Hiram:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli also Salomon sente to Hiram,
Young's Literal Translation
and Solomon sendeth unto Hiram, saying,
Update Bible Version
And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
World English Bible
Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
New King James Version
Then Solomon sent to Hiram, saying:
New Living Translation
Then Solomon sent this message back to Hiram:
New Life Bible
Then Solomon sent word to Hiram, saying,
New Revised Standard
Solomon sent word to Hiram, saying,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Solomon sent unto Hiram, saying: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
Solomon sent to Hiram, saying:
Revised Standard Version
And Solomon sent word to Hiram,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Solomon sent word to Hiram, saying,

Contextual Overview

1 And Hira king of Tyre sent his seruauntes vnto Solomon (for he had hearde that they had annoynted him king in the roome of his father) For Hira was euer a louer of Dauid. 2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying: 3 Thou knowest howe that Dauid my father could not buyld an house vnto the name of the Lorde his God for the warres which were about him on euery syde, vntill the Lorde put them vnder the soles of his feete. 4 But now the Lorde my God hath geuen me rest on euery syde, so that there is neither aduersarie nor euill to resist. 5 And beholde, I am determined to build an house vnto ye name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spake vnto Dauid my father, saying: Thy sonne whom I wil set vpon thy seate for thee, he shal build an house vnto my name. 6 Now therefore commaund thou that they hewe me Cedar trees out of Libanon, & my seruautes shalbe with thyne, and vnto thee wyll I geue the hyre for thy seruauntes, accordyng to all such thinges as thou shalt appoynt: for thou knowest that there are not among vs that can skyl to hewe tymber, lyke vnto the Sidones. 7 And it came to passe, when Hiram heard ye wordes of Solomo, he reioysed greatly, & said: Blessed be the Lord this day, which hath geuen vnto Dauid a wyse sonne ouer this mightie people. 8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying: I haue considered the thinges which thou sentest to me for, & wyl accomplishe all thy desyre concerning tymber of Cedar trees and firre. 9 My seruauntes shall bring them from Libanon to the sea, and I wyl conuey them by sea in flootes vnto the place that thou shalt shew me, and wil cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receaue them: and thou shalt do me a pleasure againe, if thou minister foode for myne house.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

2 Chronicles 2:3

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 5:11 - Hiram 1 Kings 9:13 - my brother

Cross-References

Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his owne image, in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them.
Genesis 2:15
And the Lord God toke the man, and put hym in the garden of Eden, that he myght worke it, and kepe it.
Genesis 2:23
And man saide: this is nowe bone of my bones, and fleshe of my fleshe, she shalbe called woman, because she was taken out of man.
Malachi 2:15
And did not he make one? yet had he aboundaunce of spiritie: And wherfore one? Because he sought a godly seede: therefore kepe your selues in your spirite, and let none transgresse against the wyfe of his youth.
Matthew 19:4
He aunswered and sayde vnto them: Haue ye not read, that he which created at the begynnyng, made them male and female,
Mark 10:6
But from the begynnyng of the creation, God made them male & female.
Acts 17:26
And hath made of one blood all nations of men, for to dwell on all ye face of the earth, & hath determined the tymes before appoynted, and also the boundes of their habitation:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Solomon sent to Hiram,.... A letter, either by the hand of his ambassadors when they returned, as Kimchi thinks, or by ambassadors Solomon sent on purpose. Josephus w appeals to the Tyrian archives for the genuineness of these letters that passed between Hiram and Solomon; and Eupolemus, an Heathen writer x has both this which Solomon sent to Hiram, and that which Hiram sent in answer to it, which agree with those in the sacred records:

saying: as follows.

w Antiqu. l. 8. c. 2. sect. 8. x Ut Supra. (Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 32, 34.)

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 5:2. Solomon sent to Hiram — Made an interchange of ambassadors and friendly greetings. Josephus tells us that the correspondence between Hiram and Solomon was preserved in the archives of the Tyrians even in his time. But this, like many other assertions of the same author, is worthy of little credit.


 
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