4 Regum 5:11

Clementine Latin Vulgate

Miserunt itaque et congregaverunt omnes satrapas Philisthinorum : qui dixerunt : Dimittite arcam Dei Israël, et revertatur in locum suum, et non interficiat nos cum populo nostro.

Parallel Translations

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Misit quoque Hiram rex Tyri nuntios ad David, et ligna cedrina, et artifices lignorum, artificesque lapidum ad parietes: et ædificaverunt domum David.

Nova Vulgata (1979)
Misit quoque Hiram rex Tyri nuntios ad David et ligna cedrina et artifices lignorum artificesque lapidum pro parietibus; et aedificaverunt domum David.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hiram: 1 Kings 5:1, 1 Kings 5:2, 1 Kings 5:8, 1 Kings 5:9, 1 Chronicles 14:1

masons: Heb. hewers of the stone of the wall

they built: 2 Samuel 7:2, 1 Kings 7:1-12, Ecclesiastes 2:4-11, Jeremiah 22:14-16

Reciprocal: Joshua 19:29 - Tyre 1 Chronicles 22:2 - masons 1 Chronicles 22:4 - cedar trees 2 Chronicles 2:3 - As thou didst Psalms 30:1 - at the Amos 1:9 - brotherly covenant

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Hiram king of Tyre,.... This was father of that Hiram that lived in the times of Solomon, whose name was Abibalus before he took the name of Hiram, which became a common name of the kings of Tyre; his former name may be seen in the ancient historians quoted by Josephus s; of the city of Tyre, :-; which was built one year before the destruction of Troy t. This king, on hearing of David's being acknowledged king by all Israel, and of his taking Jerusalem out of the hands of the Jebusites,

sent messengers to David; to congratulate him upon all this:

and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons; these might not be sent at first, but David intending to build himself an house, might, by the messengers on their return, request of Hiram to send him timber and workmen for that purpose; the people of Israel being chiefly employed in cultivating their fields, and vineyards, and oliveyards, and feeding their flocks and herds, few of them had any skill in hewing: timber and stone, and building houses, at least not like the Tyrians and Sidonians; see 1 Kings 5:6; and accordingly he sent him cedars from Lebanon, a great part of which was in his dominions, and artificers in wood and stone, to build his house in the most elegant manner:

and they built David an house; to dwell in, a stately palace, called an house of cedar, 2 Samuel 7:2.

s Contr. Apion. l. 1. sect. 17, 18. t Justin e Trogo, l. 18. c. 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hiram king of Tyre - Now mentioned for the first time. He survived David, and continued his friendship to Solomon (marginal references). The news of the capture of the city of the Jebusites had doubtless reached Tyre, and created a great impression of David’s power.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 5:11. Hiram king of Tyre — He was a very friendly man, and no doubt a believer in the true God. He was not only a friend to David, but also of his son Solomon, to whom, in building the temple, he afforded the most important assistance.