1 Kings 5:2

King James Version (1611 Edition)

And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

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,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Solomon sent 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;

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 Hiram king of Tyre sent his seruants vnto Solomon: (for hee had heard that they had anointed him King in the roume of his father,) for Hiram was euer a louer of Dauid. ² And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, ³ Thou knowest how that Dauid my father could not build an house vnto the Name of the Lord his God, for the warres which were about him on euery side, vntill the Lord put them vnder the soles of his feet. ⁴ But now the Lord my God hath giuen me rest on euery side, so that there is neither aduersary, nor euill occurrent. ⁵ And behold, I purpose to build an house vnto the Name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spake vnto Dauid my father, saying, Thy sonne, whom I will set vpon thy throne in thy roume, he shall build an house vnto my Name. ⁶ Now therefore command thou, that they hew me Cedar trees out of Lebanon, and my seruants shall bee with thy seruants: and vnto thee will I giue hire for thy seruants, according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among vs, any that can skill to hew timber, like vnto the Sidonians. ⁷ And it came to passe when Hiram heard the wordes of Solomon, that hee reioyced greatly, and said, Blessed be the Lord this day, which hath giuen vnto Dauid a wise sonne ouer this great people. ⁸ And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I haue considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will doe all thy desire concerning timber of Cedar, and concerning timber of firre. ⁹ My seruants shall bring them downe from Lebanon vnto the Sea: and I wil conuey them by sea in flotes, vnto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receiue them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giuing food for my houshold.

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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 hee him; male and female created hee them.

Genesis 2:15
And the LORD God tooke the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to dresse it, and to keepe it.

Genesis 2:23
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shalbe called woman, because shee was taken out of man.

Malachi 2:15
And did not he make one? yet had he the residue of the spirit: and wherefore one? that hee might seeke a godly seed: therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deale treacherously against the wife of his youth.

Matthew 19:4
And hee answered, and said vnto them, Haue ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning, made them male and female?

Mark 10:6
But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male, and female.

Acts 17:26
And hath made of one blood all nations of men, for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds 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.