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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

1 Kings 5:2

So Solomon sent unto 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,
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,
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 servants unto Solomon, for he had heard that, him, had they anointed king, in the room of his father, - for, Hiram, was, a lover, of, David continually. 2 So Solomon sent unto Hiram, saying: - 3 Thou, knewest David my father, how that he could not build a house unto the Name of Yahweh his God, because of the wars that were about him on every side, - until Yahweh should put them under the soles of his feet; 4 but, now, Yahweh my God hath given me rest on every side, - there is neither adversary nor incident of evil. 5 Behold me! then, purposing to build a house for the Name of Yahweh my God - even as Yahweh spake unto David my father, saying - Thy son, whom I will set in thy stead, upon thy throne, he, shall build the house for my Name. 6 Now, therefore, command thou that they fell me cedars, out of Lebanon, and, my servants, shall be, with thy servants, and, the hire of thy servants, will I give thee, according to all that thou shalt say, - for, thou, knowest, that, none amongst us, hath skill to fell timber, like the Zidonians. 7 And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, - and said: Blessed, be Yahweh, to-day, who hath given unto David a wise son, over this great people! 8 And Hiram sent unto Solomon, saying, I have heard that which thou hast sent unto me, - I, will do all thy desire, as to timber of cedar, and timber of fir. 9 My servants, shall bring them down out of Lebanon unto the sea, and, I, will put them in rafts on the sea, unto the place of which thou shalt send me word, and will cause them to be discharged there, and, thou, shalt receive them, and, thou, shalt do my desire, by giving food for my household.

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, created he him, - Male and female, created he, them.
Genesis 2:15
So Yahweh God took the man, - and placed him in the garden of Eden, to till it and to keeps it.
Genesis 2:23
And the man said, This, one, now, is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh! This, one shall be called Woman, for, out of a man, hath this one been taken.
Malachi 2:15
Now was it not, One, who made you who had, the residue of the spirit? What, then, of that One? He was seeking a godly seed. Therefore should ye take heed to your spirit, and, with the wife of thy youth, do not thou deal treacherously.
Matthew 19:4
And, he, answering, said - Did ye never read - He who created at the beginning, Male and female, made them, -
Mark 10:6
But, from the beginning of creation, male and female, made he them;
Acts 17:26
he made also, of one, every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, - marking out fitting opportunities, and the bounds of their dwelling place,

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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