1 Kings 5:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

So Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of fir according to all his desire.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתֵּ֙רֶב֙ חָכְמַ֣ת שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה מֵֽחָכְמַ֖ת כָּל־בְּנֵי־קֶ֑דֶם וּמִכֹּ֖ל חָכְמַ֥ת מִצְרָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

And-tērev ḥokmat Šəlōmōh from-ḥokmat all-bənê-qedem and-from-all ḥokmat Miṣrayim

Grammar Details

*tērev*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular with vav consecutive - increased/exceeded
*ḥokmat*: noun, feminine singular construct - wisdom of
*Šəlōmōh*: proper noun - Solomon
*bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons/people of
*qedem*: noun, masculine singular - east/ancient times
*Miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt

Word Meanings

*tērev*: increased/grew greater/exceeded
*ḥokmat*: wisdom of/skill of
*bənê*-*qedem*: sons of the east/people of the east/eastern peoples
*qedem*: east/ancient times/antiquity

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Similar Verses (AI)

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1 Kgs 5:6-9
4 verses
88%
6Now therefore command thou that they cut me cedar-trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants; and I will give thee hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt say: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that knoweth how to cut timber like unto the Sidonians.
7And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be Jehovah this day, who hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.
8And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have heard [the message] which thou hast sent unto me: I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
9My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and thou shalt receive them; and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
1 Kgs 9:11-12
2 verses
80%
11(now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar - trees and fir - trees, and with gold, according to all his desire), that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
12And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.
1 Kgs 5:11-12
2 verses
79%
11And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.
12And Jehovah gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.
1 Kgs 5:1-2
2 verses
78%
1And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.
2And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
2 Chr 2:8-12
5 verses
78%
8Send me also cedar-trees, {H6086} fir-trees, and algum-trees, out of Lebanon; for I know that thy servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon: and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
9even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
10And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
11Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because Jehovah loveth his people, he hath made thee king over them.
12Huram said moreover, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with discretion and understanding, that should build a house for Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.
2 Chr 2:3
77%
3And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein, [even so deal with me].
1 Chr 22:4
76%
4and cedar - trees without number: for the Sidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar - trees in abundance to David.
1 Kgs 10:10-13
4 verses
76%
10And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
11And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug - trees and precious stones.
12And the king made of the almug - trees pillars for the house of Jehovah, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for the singers: there came no such almug - trees, nor were seen, unto this day.
13And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.
2 Chr 2:15-16
2 verses
75%
15Now therefore the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
16and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need; and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
2 Sam 5:11
75%
11And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and {H730} cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.
1 Chr 14:1
74%
1And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar - trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.
1 Kgs 7:13
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13And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
1 Kgs 10:27
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27And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.
2 Chr 9:10-12
3 verses
73%
10And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, that brought gold from Ophir, brought algum - trees and precious stones.
11And the king made of the algum - trees terraces for the house of Jehovah, and for the king's house, and harps and psalteries for the singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
12And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.
1 Kgs 5:17-18
2 verses
73%
17And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone.
18And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.
1 Kgs 9:27
73%
27And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
2 Chr 9:27
73%
27And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.
Ezek 27:5
72%
5They have made all thy planks of fir-trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for thee.
1 Kgs 6:15
72%
15And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir.
2 Chr 1:15
71%
15And the king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.
Song 3:9
71%
9King Solomon made himself a palanquin Of the wood of Lebanon.
1 Kgs 9:14
70%
14And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
1 Kgs 6:10-11
2 verses
70%
10And he built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
11And the word of Jehovah came to Solomon, saying,
Ps 80:10
69%
10The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were [like] cedars of God.
1 Kgs 5:15
69%
15And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains;
Song 1:17
69%
17The beams of our house are cedars, [And] our rafters are firs.
2 Chr 3:5
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5And the greater house he ceiled with fir-wood, {H6086} which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm-trees and chains.
2 Chr 8:18
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18And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
1 Kgs 7:2
68%
2For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was a hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
Ps 104:16
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16The trees of Jehovah are filled [with moisture], The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
2 Chr 34:11
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11even to the carpenters and to the builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
Ezra 3:7
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7They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and food, and drink, and oil, unto them of Sidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar - trees from Lebanon to the sea, unto Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.