2 Samuel 5:11
in 2 Samuel 5Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.
KJV
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 5
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd Hiram king of Tyre,.... This was father of that Hiram that lived in the times of Solomon, whose name was Abibalus before he took the name of Hiram, which became a common name of the kings of Tyre; his former name may be seen in the ancient historians quoted by Josephus (s); of the city of Tyre; see Gill on Isa 23:1; which was built one year before the destruction of Troy (t).
This site's exposition
the Lord God of hosts
on 2 Samuel 5:10-12
David's rise is credited past his own generalship, the Lord God of hosts was with him, the same title David gave the battle at Elah when no sword was yet drawn. Hiram of Tyre sends cedar and craftsmen who build David a literal house, and that house of cedar is what makes David's own question in the next chapter possible, when he asks why he should live in cedar while the ark sits in curtains. Verse 12 reads David's own reflection on it, that the Lord established the kingdom for his people Israel's sake and not for his own, the note the covenant of chapter seven will expand at length.
This site's exposition
Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David
Hiram king of Tyre enters Scripture here. Barnes holds that he outlived David and kept the friendship with Solomon, and Gill takes him as the father of Solomon's Hiram. Henry sets the builders from Tyre beside Isaiah 60:10, where foreigners rebuild the walls of Zion.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Many have excelled in arts and sciences who were strangers to the covenants of promise. Yet David's house was never the worse, nor the less fit to be dedicated to God, for being built by the sons of the stranger. It is prophesied of the gospel church, The sons of the strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee, Isa. lx.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Hiram king of Tyre - Now mentioned for the first time. He survived David, and continued his friendship to Solomon (marginal references). The news of the capture of the city of the Jebusites had doubtless reached Tyre, and created a great impression of David’s power.
Hiram king of Tyre - He was a very friendly man, and no doubt a believer in the true God. He was not only a friend to David, but also of his son Solomon, to whom, in building the temple, he afforded the most important assistance.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Dovid understood. When he saw all his endeavors succeeding, and the idol worshipping kings sending him a present.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
And David became greater and greater, and the LORD, Elohe Sebaoth, was in his aid.
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. 6 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
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח | vaiyishlach | and he sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| חִירָ֨ם | chiram | Hiram | H2438 → | |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| צֹ֥ר | tzor | Tyre | H6865 → | |
| מַלְאָכִים֮ | malakhim | messengers | H4397 → | 213 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| דָּוִד֒ | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| וַעֲצֵ֣י | vaatzei | and trees of | H6086 → | 328 times |
| אֲרָזִ֔ים | ʾarazim | cedars | H730 → | 73 times |
| וְחָרָשֵׁ֣י | vecharashei | and craftsmen of | H2796 → | |
| עֵ֔ץ | ʾetz | wood | H6086 → | 328 times |
| וְחָֽרָשֵׁ֖י | vecharashei | and craftsmen of | H2796 → | |
| אֶ֣בֶן | ʾeven | [the] stone of | H68 → | 273 times |
| קִ֑יר | kir | a wall | H7023 → | |
| וַיִּבְנֽוּ־ | vaiyivnu- | and they built | H1129 → | 376 times |
| בַ֖יִת | vayit | a house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| לְדָוִֽד׃ | ledavid | for David | H1732 → | 999 times |
וַ֠יִּשְׁלַחand he sent
vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times
חִירָ֨םHiram
chiramH2438 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
צֹ֥רTyre
tzorH6865 →
מַלְאָכִים֮messengers
malakhimH4397 →213 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
דָּוִד֒David
davidH1732 →999 times
וַעֲצֵ֣יand trees of
vaatzeiH6086 →328 times
אֲרָזִ֔יםcedars
ʾarazimH730 →73 times
וְחָרָשֵׁ֣יand craftsmen of
vecharasheiH2796 →
עֵ֔ץwood
ʾetzH6086 →328 times
וְחָֽרָשֵׁ֖יand craftsmen of
vecharasheiH2796 →
אֶ֣בֶן[the] stone of
ʾevenH68 →273 times
קִ֑ירa wall
kirH7023 →
וַיִּבְנֽוּ־and they built
vaiyivnu-H1129 →376 times
בַ֖יִתa house
vayitH1004 →2046 times
לְדָוִֽד׃for David
ledavidH1732 →999 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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
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.
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.
- Psalms 83:7
of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.
- Joshua 13:5
Through
1 Chronicles 14:1Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters, to build a palace for him.
it leads to
- 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…
- 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.
- 2 Samuel 5:11–16
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 5:8–12
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 7:1–12
Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.
- Ezra 3:7
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2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.