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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.

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ASV

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.

KJV

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַ֠יִּשְׁלַחVai.yish.lachand he sentH7971 →
חוּרָ֨םchi.ramHuramH2361 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428 →
צֹ֥רtzorTyreH6865 →
מַלְאָכִים֮mal.'a.KhimmessengersH4397 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
דָּוִיד֒da.VidDavidH1732 →
וַעֲצֵ֣יva.'a.Tzeiand wood<s> ofH6086 →
אֲרָזִ֔ים'a.ra.Zimcedar<s>H730 →
וְחָרָשֵׁ֣יve.cha.ra.Sheiand craftsmen ofH2796 →
קִ֔ירKira wallH7023 →
וְחָרָשֵׁ֖יve.cha.ra.Sheiand craftsmen ofH2796 →
עֵצִ֑ים'e.Tzimwood<s>H6086 →
לִבְנ֥וֹתliv.Notto buildH1129 →
ל֖וֹlofor him
בָּֽיִת׃Ba.yita houseH1004 →

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2 Samuel 5:11Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.2 Samuel 5:11–16Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.Ezra 3:7They 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 Chronicles 2:3Then 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.Jeremiah 22:13–15“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,1 Kings 5:18So 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 Chronicles 17:1After 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.”1 Kings 5:1Now 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 5:8–12Then 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 7:1–12Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.2 Samuel 7:2he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”2 Chronicles 2:8–12Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber there. And indeed, my servants will work with yours1 Chronicles 22:2So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God.1 Kings 5:6Now 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.”

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Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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