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Green's Literal Translation

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,
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;
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 Hiram the king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, for he heard that they had anointed him king instead of his father. For Hiram was a lover of David all his days. 2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, 3 You knew my father David, that he was not able to build a house to the name of Jehovah his God because of the wars that were all around him, until Jehovah had put them under the soles of his feet. 4 And now Jehovah my God has given me rest all around; there is no adversary nor evil happening. 5 And, behold, I am commanding a house to be built to the name of Jehovah my God, as Jehovah spoke to my father David, saying, Your son whom I will appoint in your place on your throne, he shall build the house for My name. 6 And now, command and they shall cut down for me cedars out of Lebanon. And my servants shall be with your servants. And I will give you hire for your servants according to all that you say. For you know that there is not a man among us knowing to cut timber like the Sidonians. 7 And it happened, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced exceedingly, and said, Blessed be Jehovah today, who has given to David a wise son over this great people. 8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have heard that for which you have sent to me. I will do all your will as to cedar wood and fir wood. 9 My servants will bring it down from Lebanon to the sea. And I will make floats for them in the sea to go to the place that you tell me. And I will spread them out there; and you shall take I desire, to give food for my 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
And God created the man in His own image; in the image of God He created him. He created them male and female.
Genesis 2:15
And Jehovah God took the man and put him into the Garden of Eden, to work it and to keep it.
Genesis 2:23
And the man said, This now at last is bone from my bones, and flesh from my flesh. For this shall be called Woman, because this has been taken out of man.
Malachi 2:15
And has He not made you one? Yet the vestige of the Spirit is in him. And what of the one? He was seeking a seed of God. Then guard your spirit, and do not deal treacherously with the wife of your youth.
Matthew 19:4
But answering, He said to them, Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning "created them male and female"? Gen. 1:27
Mark 10:6
But from the beginning of creation "God made them male and female." Gen. 1:27
Acts 17:26
And He made every nation of men of one blood, to live on all the face of the earth, ordaining fore-appointed seasons and boundaries of their dwelling,

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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