1 Kings 5:2
in 1 Kings 5And Solomon relayed this message to Hiram:
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ASV
And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
KJV
And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
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This verse in 1 Kings 5
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd 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.)
This site's exposition
Hiram had always been a friend of David
on 1 Kings 5:1-2
Hiram sends envoys when he hears that Solomon has been anointed king in his father’s place. The narrator gives the reason: “Hiram had always been a friend of David”. Josephus and Menander both record a Hiram of Tyre corresponding with Solomon, outside testimony to the friendship the text states.
This site's exposition
Solomon relayed this message to Hiram
Solomon’s message answers the envoys King Hiram of Tyre had sent. John Gill has it carried by those envoys or by envoys of Solomon’s own, and he notes that Eupolemus gives the letters of both kings. Adam Clarke doubts that Tyre kept them in its archives, as Josephus claimed.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
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.
The words behind it
5 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח | vaiyishlach | and he sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| חִירָ֖ם | chiram | Hiram | H2438 → | 22 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
וַיִּשְׁלַ֣חand he sent
vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times
שְׁלֹמֹ֔הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
חִירָ֖םHiram
chiramH2438 →22 times
לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
3 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
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.
it leads to
- 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.
- 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.
- 1 Kings 5:1–11
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 Chronicles 14:1
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.