Alliance with King Hiram

[a](A)Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for (B)Hiram had [b]always been a friend of David.

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  1. 1 Kings 5:1 Ch 5:15 in Heb
  2. 1 Kings 5:1 Lit all the day

10 So [a]Hiram [b]gave Solomon [c]as much as he desired of the cedar and cypress timber.

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  1. 1 Kings 5:10 Heb Hirom
  2. 1 Kings 5:10 Lit was giving
  3. 1 Kings 5:10 Lit all his desire

18 So Solomon’s builders and [a]Hiram’s builders and (A)the Gebalites [b]cut them, and prepared the timbers and the stones to build the house.

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  1. 1 Kings 5:18 Heb Hirom’s
  2. 1 Kings 5:18 Or chiseled

David’s Family Enlarged

14 (A)Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees, masons and carpenters, to build a house for him.

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