1 Kings 5:2

Christian Standard Bible ®

Solomon sent this message to Hiram:

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
And Solomon sent word to Hiram, saying,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Solomon sent word to Hiram, saying,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying:

Literal Translation
And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
This is what Solomon said to King Hiram:

Revised Standard Version
And Solomon sent word to Hiram,

World English Bible
Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

King James Version (1611)
And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

King James Version
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,

Bible in Basic English
And Solomon sent back word to Hiram, saying,

Update Bible Version
And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

New English Translation
Solomon then sent this message to Hiram:

New King James Version
Then Solomon sent 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,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Also Salomon sent to Hiram, saying,

George Lamsa Translation
And Hiram sent to Solomon and blessed him. And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

Amplified Bible
Then Solomon sent word to Hiram, saying,

Hebrew Names Version
Shlomo 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;

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,

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:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Solomon sent unto Hiram, saying: -

Douay-Rheims Bible
Solomon sent to Hiram, saying:

Lexham English Bible
Then Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

English Standard Version
And Solomon sent word to Hiram,

New American Standard Bible
Then Solomon sent word to Hiram, saying,

New Century Version
Solomon sent this message back to King Hiram:

Good News Translation
Solomon sent back this message to Hiram:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli also Salomon sente to Hiram,

Young's Literal Translation
and Solomon sendeth unto Hiram, saying,

Contextual Overview

¹ Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father's place, for Hiram had always been friends with David. ² Solomon sent this message to Hiram: ³ "You know my father David was not able to build a temple for the name of Yahweh his God. This was because of the warfare all around him until the Lord put his enemies under his feet. ⁴ The Lord my God has now given me rest all around; there is no enemy or crisis. ⁵ So I plan to build a temple for the name of Yahweh my God, according to what the Lord promised my father David: ‘I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the temple for My name.' ⁶ "Therefore, command that cedars from Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants' wages according to whatever you say, for you know that not a man among us knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians." ⁷ When Hiram heard Solomon's words, he greatly rejoiced and said, "May the Lord be praised today! He has given David a wise son to be over this great people!" ⁸ Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying, "I have heard your message; I will do everything you want regarding the cedar and cypress timber. ⁹ My servants will bring the logs down from Lebanon to the sea, and I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place you indicate. I will break them apart there, and you can take them away. You then can meet my needs by providing my household with food."

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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
So God created man in His own image; He created him in the image of God; He created them male and female.

Genesis 2:15
The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it.

Genesis 2:23
And the man said: This one, at last, is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called "woman," for she was taken from man.

Malachi 2:15
Didn't the one God make us with a remnant of His life-breath? And what does the One seek? A godly offspring. So watch yourselves carefully, and do not act treacherously against the wife of your youth.

Matthew 19:4
"Haven't you read," He replied, "that He who created them in the beginning made them male and female ,"

Mark 10:6
But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female.

Acts 17:26
From one man He has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live.

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.