the king said to the prophet Nathan, “See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God stays in a tent.”
1 Chronicles 14:1 - New Revised Standard Version King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, and masons and carpenters to build a house for him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition AND HIRAM king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar timbers, with masons and carpenters, to build him a house. American Standard Version (1901) And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him 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, and cedar wood, and artisans of walls and of wood, so that they might build a house for him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house. |
the king said to the prophet Nathan, “See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God stays in a tent.”
Now King Hiram of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father; for Hiram had always been a friend to David.
Solomon also had seventy thousand laborers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hill country,
So Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did the stonecutting and prepared the timber and the stone to build the house.
Therefore command that cedars from the Lebanon be cut for me. My servants will join your servants, and I will give you whatever wages you set for your servants; for you know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”
David then perceived that the Lord had established him as king over Israel, and that his kingdom was highly exalted for the sake of his people Israel.
Now when David settled in his house, David said to the prophet Nathan, “I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under a tent.”
David gave orders to gather together the aliens who were residing in the land of Israel, and he set stonecutters to prepare dressed stones for building the house of God.
Solomon conscripted seventy thousand laborers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hill country, with three thousand six hundred to oversee them.
Solomon sent word to King Huram of Tyre: “Once you dealt with my father David and sent him cedar to build himself a house to live in.
So they gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from King Cyrus of Persia.