1 Hiram sendeth to Solomon, and Solomon to him, purposing to build the house of God. 6 He prepareth the stuff for the building. 13 The number of the workmen.

And Hiram king of [a]Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon, (for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father) because Hiram had ever loved David.

(A)And Solomon sent him to Hiram, saying,

Thou knowest that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God, for the wars which were about him on every side, until the Lord had put [b]them under the soles of his feet.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 5:1 Or, Zor.
  2. 1 Kings 5:3 Or, his enemies.

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