Then David knew that the Lord had really made him king of Israel. And David knew that the Lord had made his kingdom very important to God’s people, the people of Israel.
2 Samuel 5:11 - Easy To Read Version Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David. Hiram also sent cedar trees, carpenters and stonemasons. They built a house for David. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house. American Standard Version (1901) And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house. Common English Bible Tyre’s King Hiram sent messengers to David with cedar logs, bricklayers, and carpenters to build David a palace. Catholic Public Domain Version Also, Hiram, the king of Tyre, sent messengers to David, with cedar wood, and with builders of wood and builders of stone, in order to make walls. And they built a house for David. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Hiram the king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons for walls. And they built a house for David. |
Then David knew that the Lord had really made him king of Israel. And David knew that the Lord had made his kingdom very important to God’s people, the people of Israel.
After King David moved into his new house the Lord gave him peace from all of his enemies around him.
King David said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a fancy house made of cedar wood, but God’s Holy Box [49] is still kept in a tent! {We should build a nice building for the Holy Box.}”
Solomon also forced 80,000 men to work in the hill country. These men had the job of cutting rocks. And there were 70,000 men to carry the rocks.
Then Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders and the men from Byblos [29] carved the stones. They prepared the stones and the logs for building the temple.
Hiram was king of the city of Tyre. Hiram sent messengers to David. Hiram also sent logs from cedar trees, stonecutters, {\cf2\super [147]} and carpenters {\cf2\super [148]} to David. Hiram sent them to build a house for David.
Then those people who had come back from captivity gave money to the stonecutters and carpenters. And those people gave food, wine, and olive oil. They used these things to pay the people of Tyre and Sidon to bring cedar logs from Lebanon. Those people wanted to bring the logs in ships to the sea coast town of Joppa like \{Solomon did when he built\} the first temple. Cyrus king of Persia gave permission for them to do these things.
Lord, you lifted me up out of my troubles.\par You did not let my enemies \{defeat me\par and\} laugh at me.\par So I will show honor to you.\par
“Son of man, {\cf2\super [211]} Tyre said bad things about Jerusalem: ‘Hurray! The city gate protecting the people is destroyed! The city gate is open for me. The city (Jerusalem) is ruined, so I can get plenty of valuable things out of it!’”
Then the border went back south to Ramah. The border continued to the strong city of Tyre. Then the border turned and went to Hosah. The border ended at the sea, near Aczib,