2 Samuel 5:11

Contextual Overview

¹¹Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs and carpenters and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.¹¹ Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs and carpenters and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David. ¹¹Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and craftsmen of wood and craftsmen of stone walls; and they built a house for David. ¹¹ Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and carpenters and stonemasons; and they built a house for David.¹¹ And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to Dauid, and Cedar trees, & carpenters, and masons for walles: and they buylt Dauid an house. ¹¹ King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David. He also sent cedar trees, carpenters, and stonemasons. They built a house for David. ¹¹ And Hiram the king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built a house for David. ¹¹ And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also carpenters and masons who built David a house. ¹¹ Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house. ¹¹ And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to Dauid, and Cedar trees, and carpenters, and Masons: and they built Dauid an house.

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.