¹¹ Then Hiram king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon:

⁸ Blessed be the Lord your God, who delighted in you, setting you on His throne to be king for the Lord your God! Because your God has ^(A)loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore He made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.”

^9 (A)Blessed be the Lord your God, who ^(B)delighted in you, setting you on the throne of Israel! Because the Lord has loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, ^(C)to do justice and righteousness.”

⁷ The Lord did not set His ^(A)love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were ^(B)the least of all peoples; ⁸ but ^(C)because the Lord loves you, and because He would keep ^(D)the oath which He swore to your fathers, ^(E)the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of ^[a]bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.