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1 Chronicles 14:1
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters, to build a palace for him.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The chronicler narrates a historical event in which Hiram, king of Tyre, initiates contact with David after David’s consolidation of royal power in Jerusalem.
The words — וַיִּשְׁלַח (va.yish.lach) translates literally as “and he sent,” introducing the mission, while חוּרָם (Chiram) identifies the Tyrian monarch who supplies the cedar, masons, and carpenters.
The thread — This diplomatic exchange and material provision reappear in 2 Samuel 5:11 and 2 Chronicles 2:3, while Ezra 3:7 references Sidon and Tyre workers bringing cedar for post-exilic temple construction without mentioning Hiram or David.
Why it lands — The text records foreign kings and skilled laborers being mobilized for a royal building project, requiring the reader to track the concrete historical alliances that facilitated Israel’s monarchy.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- 2 Samuel 5:11 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.
- 2 Chronicles 2:3 Then Solomon sent word to Hiram king of Tyre: “Do for me as you did for my father David when you sent him cedars to build himself a house to live in.
- Ezra 3:7 They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.
- 2 Samuel 7:2 he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”
- 1 Kings 5:1 Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.
- 1 Kings 5:6 Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging as the Sidonians.”
- 1 Kings 5:8 Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying: “I have received your message; I will do all you desire regarding the cedar and cypress timber.
- 1 Kings 5:18 So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.
- 1 Kings 7:1 Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.
- 1 Chronicles 17:1 After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”