1 Kings 5:2

Bible in Basic English

And Solomon sent back word to Hiram, saying,

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,

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,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Solomon sent unto 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 Now Hiram, king of Tyre, hearing that Solomon had been made king in place of his father, sent his servants to him; for Hiram had ever been a friend to David. ² And Solomon sent back word to Hiram, saying, ³ You have knowledge that David my father was not able to make a house for the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars which were round him on every side, till the Lord put all those who were against him under his feet. ⁴ But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side; no one is making trouble, and no evil is taking place. ⁵ And so it is my purpose to make a house for the name of the Lord my God, as he said to David my father, Your son, whom I will make king in your place, will be the builder of a house for my name. ⁶ So now, will you have cedar-trees from Lebanon cut down for me, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you payment for your servants at whatever rate you say; for it is common knowledge that we have no such wood-cutters among us as the men of Zidon. ⁷ And these words of Solomon made Hiram glad, and he said, Now may the Lord be praised who has given to David a wise son to be king over this great people. ⁸ Then Hiram sent to Solomon, saying; The words you sent have been given to me: I will do all your desire in the question of cedar-wood and cypress-wood. ⁹ My men will take them down from Lebanon to the sea, where I will have them corded together to go by sea to whatever place you say, and I will have them cut up there so that you may take them away; as for payment, it will be enough if you give me food for my people.

Bible Verse Review
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2 Chronicles 2:3

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 5:11 - Hiram 1 Kings 9:13 - my brother

Cross-References

Genesis 1:27
And God made man in his image, in the image of God he made him: male and female he made them.

Genesis 2:15
And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work in it and take care of it.

Genesis 2:23
And the man said, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh: let her name be Woman because she was taken out of Man.

Malachi 2:15
••• Three dots are used where it is no longer possible to be certain of the true sense of the Hebrew words, and for this reason no attempt has been made to put them into Basic English. So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years.

Matthew 19:4
And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said,

Mark 10:6
But from the first, male and female made he them.

Acts 17:26
And he has made of one blood all the nations of men living on all the face of the earth, ordering their times and the limits of their lands,

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.