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1 Chronicles 14:1

in 1 Chronicles 14

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters, to build a palace for him.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

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.

This verse in 1 Chronicles 14

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
Compare 2Sa 5:11-25, the only important variations from which are in 1Ch 14:4-7, the list of the sons of David (see 1Ch 3:1 note), and in 1Ch 14:12, where the fact is added that the idols taken from the Philistines were burned.

This site's exposition

Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers

on 1 Chronicles 14:1-2

Chronicles places Hiram's cedar and this whole interlude after the ark's failed first attempt in chapter 13, where Samuel narrates the same material in 2 Sam 5:11-25 before the ark is ever brought up in 2 Sam 6. Keil reads the sequence as thematic rather than strictly chronological, since the Philistine wars of verses 8-16 answer verse 8's report that David was anointed king over all Israel, an event that sits earlier than Uzza's death. Barnes notes the parallel runs close to Samuel's wording throughout, with the differences confined to the children's list and the burned idols. Verse 2 states outright what the chapter then proves twice on the battlefield, that the Lord had confirmed David king, lifted up for the sake of his people.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

This is a reason why we should despise none, but, as we have opportunity, be obliging to all. It is a great satisfaction to a wise man to be settled, and to a good man to see the special providences of God in his settlement.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Now Hiram king of Tyre--[See on 2Sa 5:11]. The alliance with this neighboring king, and the important advantages derived from it, were among the most fortunate circumstances in David's reign. The providence of God appeared concurrent with His promise in smoothing the early course of his reign.

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Now Hiram king of Tyre - See the transactions of this chapter related 2Sa 5:11-25 (note).

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

And Hiram the king of Tyre sent It is explained in Genesis Rabbah (85:4): “This man was accustomed to being friendly to the tribe of Judah; so was Hirah the Adullamite to Judah.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on I Chronicles 14:1:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
And David knew that the Lord had established him as king when he saw that the kings of the nations sent him gifts.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on I Chronicles 14:2:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַ֠יִּשְׁלַחand he sent

    vaiyishlachH7971845 times

  • חוּרָ֨םHuram

    chiramH2361

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H44282525 times

  • צֹ֥רTyre

    tzorH6865

  • מַלְאָכִים֮messengers

    malakhimH4397213 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H4135510 times

  • דָּוִיד֒David

    davidH1732999 times

  • וַעֲצֵ֣יand wood<s> of

    vaatzeiH6086328 times

  • אֲרָזִ֔יםcedar<s>

    ʾarazimH73073 times

  • וְחָרָשֵׁ֣יand craftsmen of

    vecharasheiH279637 times

  • קִ֔ירa wall

    kirH7023

  • וְחָרָשֵׁ֖יand craftsmen of

    vecharasheiH279637 times

  • עֵצִ֑יםwood<s>

    ʾetzimH6086328 times

  • לִבְנ֥וֹתto build

    livnotH1129376 times

  • ל֖וֹfor him

    lo

  • בָּֽיִת׃a house

    bayitH10042046 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    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.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 13:5

      the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.

    • Ezekiel 27:9

      The elders of Gebal were aboard as shipwrights, repairing your leaks. All the ships of the sea and their sailors came alongside to barter for your merchandise.

  • Through

    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…

    it leads to

    • 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…

    • Acts 12:20

      Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their…

    • Acts 9:36

      In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.

    • 1 Kings 5:9–11

      My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can…

    • Ezra 6:3–5

      In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be…

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • 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.

About 1 Chronicles

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.