1 Chronicles 14:1

And Huram king of Tyre sends messengers to David, and cedar-wood, and craftsmen of walls, and craftsmen of wood, to build a house for him.

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In The King James Version

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.

In Context

2And David knows that YHWH has established him for king over Israel, because of the lifting up on high of his kingdom, for the sake of His people Israel.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:11And Hiram king of Tyre sends messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and craftsmen of wood, and craftsmen of stone, for walls, and they build a house for David,

1 Kings 5:1And Hiram king of Tyre sends his servants to Solomon, for he heard that they had anointed him for king instead of his father, for Hiram was loving toward David all the days;

1 Kings 5:8And Hiram sends to Solomon, saying, “I have heard that which you have sent to me, I do all your desire concerning cedar-wood and fir-wood;

1 Kings 5:18and the builders of Solomon, and the builders of Hiram, and the Giblites hew [them], and prepare the wood and the stones to build the house.

1 Chronicles 17:1And it comes to pass as David sat in his house, that David says to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, and the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH [is] under curtains”;

2 Chronicles 2:2and Solomon numbers seventy thousand men bearing burden, and eighty thousand men hewing in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers over them.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 14:1

In this chapter we have, I. David's kingdom established, ver. 1, 2 . II. His family built up, ver. 3-7 . III. His enemies, the Philistines, routed in two campaigns, ver. 8-17 . This is repeated here from 2 Sam. v. 11 , &c. Read the whole commentary →

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