1 Kings 5:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And 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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְכִלְכְּלוּ֩ הַנִּצָּבִ֨ים הָאֵ֜לֶּה אֶת־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה וְאֵ֧ת כָּל־הַקָּרֵ֛ב אֶל־שֻׁלְחַ֥ן הַמֶּֽלֶךְ־שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה אִ֣ישׁ חָדְשׁ֑וֹ לֹ֥א יְעַדְּר֖וּ דָּבָֽר׃

Transliteration

And-kilkəlû the-niṣṣāvîm the-ʾēlleh ʾet-the-melek Šəlōmōh and-ʾēt all-the-qārēv to-šulḥan the-melek-Šəlōmōh ʾîš ḥodšô not yəʿaddərû dāvār

Grammar Details

*kilkəlû*: verb, Pilpel perfect 3rd plural - they sustained/provided for
*niṣṣāvîm*: participle, Niphal masculine plural with article - the deputies/officers
*ʾēlleh*: demonstrative adjective with article - these
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*melek*: noun, masculine singular with article - the king
*Šəlōmōh*: proper noun - Solomon
*qārēv*: participle, Qal masculine singular with article - the one coming/approaching
*šulḥan*: noun, masculine singular construct - table of
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man/each one
*ḥodšô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his month
*yəʿaddərû*: verb, Piel imperfect 3rd plural - they lacked/were missing
*dāvār*: noun, masculine singular - thing/matter/word

Word Meanings

*kilkəlû*: sustained/provided for/supplied/maintained
*niṣṣāvîm*: deputies/officers/appointed ones
*qārēv*: one coming near/approaching/having access to
*ʾîš*: each one/each person/each in turn
*ḥodšô*: his month/his appointed time

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Referenced Verses

Gen 33:5 : 5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant.
1 Kgs 1:48 : 48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.
1 Kgs 3:9 : 9 Give thy servant therefore an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this thy great people?
1 Kgs 10:9 : 9 Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because Jehovah loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do justice and righteousness.
2 Chr 2:11-12 : 11 Then 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. 12 Huram 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 9:7-8 : 7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom. 8 Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on his throne, to be king for Jehovah thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do justice and righteousness.
Ps 122:6-7 : 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: They shall prosper that love thee. 7 Peace be within thy walls, And prosperity within thy palaces.
Ps 137:6 : 6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.
Prov 10:1 : 1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Prov 13:1 : 1 A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.
Prov 15:20 : 20 A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Prov 23:24 : 24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.
Isa 8:18 : 18 Behold, I and the children whom Jehovah hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Jehovah of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Zion.
Isa 9:6 : 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Similar Verses (AI)

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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.
13And now I have sent a skilful man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,
1 Kgs 5:1-2
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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,
1 Kgs 5:8
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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.
1 Kgs 5:10-12
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10So Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of fir according to all his desire.
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 5:6
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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.
1 Kgs 7:13
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13And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
2 Sam 5:11-12
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11And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and {H730} cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.
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2 Chr 1:8
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8And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast showed great lovingkindness unto David my father, and hast made me king in his stead.
2 Chr 2:3
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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 Kgs 3:6
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6And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great lovingkindness, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great lovingkindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
1 Chr 14:1
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1And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar - trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.
2 Chr 6:4
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4And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hands fulfilled it, saying,
2 Chr 1:1
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1And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and Jehovah his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
1 Kgs 4:34
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34And there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
2 Chr 1:11-12
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11And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of them that hate thee, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:
12wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee; neither shall there any after thee have the like.
1 Kgs 1:47-48
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47And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, Thy God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne: and the king bowed himself upon the bed.
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2 Chr 30:26
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26So there was great joy in Jerusalem; for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
1 Kgs 9:27
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27And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
1 Kgs 3:10
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10And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
1 Chr 29:25
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25And Jehovah magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
1 Kgs 8:15
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15And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who spake with his mouth unto David thy father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
2 Chr 9:22-23
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22So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
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1 Kgs 6:11
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11And the word of Jehovah came to Solomon, saying,
1 Kgs 9:11
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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.
1 Kgs 10:8-9
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8Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, [and] that hear thy wisdom.
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1 Kgs 10:23-24
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23So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
24And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
1 Chr 29:1
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1 Chr 29:23
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1 Chr 28:5
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5And of all my sons (for Jehovah hath given me many sons), he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel.
2 Chr 9:7-8
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7Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
8Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on his throne, to be king for Jehovah thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do justice and righteousness.
1 Kgs 1:37
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37As Jehovah hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.
1 Kgs 3:12
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12behold, I have done according to thy word: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there hath been none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
1 Kgs 10:4
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4And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
1 Kgs 2:45
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45But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Jehovah for ever.
2 Chr 9:3
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3And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
1 Kgs 5:18
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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.
Ezra 7:27
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27Blessed be Jehovah, the God of our fathers, who hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem;
2 Chr 2:9
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9even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.