1 Kings 5:1
And 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;
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In Context
2and Solomon sends to Hiram, saying,
Cross References
Exodus 34:24for I dispossess nations from before you, and have enlarged your border, and no man desires your land in your going up to appear before your God YHWH three times in a year.
Deuteronomy 20:11and it has been, if it answers you [with] peace, and has opened to you, then it has come to pass, all the people who are found in it are for tributaries to you, and have served you.
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,
2 Samuel 10:1And it comes to pass afterward, that the king of the sons of Ammon dies, and his son Hanun reigns in his stead,
1 Kings 5:13And King Solomon lifts up a tribute out of all Israel, and the tribute is thirty thousand men,
1 Kings 10:25and they are each bringing his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, the matter of a year in a year.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 5:1
The great work which Solomon was raised up to do was the building of the temple; his wealth and wisdom were given him to qualify him for that. In this, especially, he was to be a type of Christ, for "he shall build the temple of the Lord," Zech. vi. 12 . In this chapter we have an account of the preparations he made for that and his other buildings. Gold and silver his good father had prepared in abundance, but timber and stones he must get ready; and about these we have him treating with Hiram king of Tyre. I.… Read the whole commentary →