1 Kings 5:1

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Now Hiram, king of Tyre, hearing that Solomon had been made king in place of his father, sent his servants to him; for Hiram had ever been a friend to David.

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  • 2 Sam 5:11 : 11 And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David, with cedar-trees and woodworkers and stoneworkers: and they made David a house.
  • 1 Chr 14:1 : 1 And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David with cedar-trees, and stoneworkers and woodworkers for the building of his house.
  • 2 Chr 2:3 : 3 And Solomon sent to Huram, king of Tyre, saying, As you did for my father David, sending him cedar-trees for the building of his house,
  • 1 Kgs 5:10 : 10 So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar-wood and cypress-wood he had need of;
  • 1 Kgs 5:13 : 13 Then King Solomon got together men for the forced work through all Israel, thirty thousand men in number;
  • 1 Kgs 9:12-14 : 12 But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the towns which Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them. 13 And he said, What sort of towns are these which you have given me, my brother? So they were named the land of Cabul, to this day. 14 And Hiram sent the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold.
  • 2 Sam 8:10 : 10 He sent his son Hadoram to David, with words of peace and blessing, because he had overcome Hadadezer in the fight, for Hadadezer had wars with Tou; and Hadoram took with him vessels of silver and gold and brass:
  • 2 Sam 10:1-2 : 1 Now after this, death came to the king of the children of Ammon, and Hanun, his son, became king in his place. 2 And David said, I will be a friend to Hanun, the son of Nahash, as his father was a friend to me. So David sent his servants, to give him words of comfort on account of his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
  • Ps 45:12 : 12 And the daughters of Tyre will be there with an offering; those who have wealth among the people will be looking for your approval.
  • Amos 1:9 : 9 These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Tyre, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they gave up all the people prisoners to Edom, without giving a thought to the brothers' agreement between them.

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  • 1 Kgs 5:2
    88%

    2 And Solomon sent back word to Hiram, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 5:6-8
    3 verses
    80%

    6 So now, will you have cedar-trees from Lebanon cut down for me, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you payment for your servants at whatever rate you say; for it is common knowledge that we have no such wood-cutters among us as the men of Zidon.

    7 And these words of Solomon made Hiram glad, and he said, Now may the Lord be praised who has given to David a wise son to be king over this great people.

    8 Then Hiram sent to Solomon, saying; The words you sent have been given to me: I will do all your desire in the question of cedar-wood and cypress-wood.

  • 2 Chr 2:11-14
    4 verses
    79%

    11 Then Huram, king of Tyre, sent Solomon an answer in writing, saying, Because of his love for his people the Lord has made you king over them.

    12 And Huram said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, maker of heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, full of wisdom and good sense, to be the builder of a house for the Lord and a house for himself as king.

    13 And now I am sending you a wise and expert man, Huram who is as my father,

    14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, whose father was a man of Tyre, an expert worker in gold and silver and brass and iron, in stone and wood, in purple and blue and fair linen and red, trained in the cutting of every sort of ornament and the invention of every sort of design; let him be given a place among your expert workmen and those of my lord, your father David.

  • 2 Sam 5:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11 And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David, with cedar-trees and woodworkers and stoneworkers: and they made David a house.

    12 And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, and that he had made his kingdom great because of his people Israel.

  • 1 Chr 14:1
    75%

    1 And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David with cedar-trees, and stoneworkers and woodworkers for the building of his house.

  • 1 Kgs 7:13
    75%

    13 Then King Solomon sent and got Hiram from Tyre.

  • 2 Chr 2:3
    74%

    3 And Solomon sent to Huram, king of Tyre, saying, As you did for my father David, sending him cedar-trees for the building of his house,

  • 1 Kgs 5:10-12
    3 verses
    73%

    10 So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar-wood and cypress-wood he had need of;

    11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of grain, as food for his people, and twenty measures of clear oil; this he did every year.

    12 Now the Lord had given Solomon wisdom, as he had said to him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they made an agreement together.

  • 2 Sam 5:3
    72%

    3 So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 1:43-47
    5 verses
    72%

    43 And Jonathan, answering, said to Adonijah, Not so, but our lord King David has made Solomon king:

    44 And he sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they put him on the king's beast:

    45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet put the holy oil on him and made him king in Gihon; and they came back from there with joy, and the town was all worked up. This is the noise which has come to your ears.

    46 And now Solomon is seated on the seat of the kingdom.

    47 And the king's servants came to our lord King David, blessing him and saying, May God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and the seat of his authority greater than your seat; and the king was bent low in worship on his bed.

  • 1 Kgs 1:37-39
    3 verses
    71%

    37 As the Lord has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon and make the seat of his authority greater than that of my lord King David.

    38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down and put Solomon on King David's beast and took him to Gihon.

    39 And Zadok the priest took the vessel of oil out of the Tent, and put the holy oil on Solomon. And when the horn was sounded, all the people said, Long life to King Solomon!

  • 1 Kgs 1:32-35
    4 verses
    71%

    32 And King David said, Send for Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.

    33 And the king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and put Solomon my son on my beast, yes, mine, and take him down to Gihon;

    34 And there let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet put the holy oil on him to make him king over Israel; and sounding the horn say, Long life to King Solomon!

    35 Then come up after him and he will come in and take his place on the seat of my kingdom; for he is to be king in my place, and I have given orders that he is to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

  • 2 Chr 1:8
    71%

    8 And Solomon said to God, Great was your mercy to David my father, and you have made me king in his place.

  • 2 Chr 1:1
    70%

    1 And Solomon, the son of David, made himself strong in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and made him very great.

  • 1 Kgs 9:27
    70%

    27 Hiram sent his servants, who were experienced seamen, in the sea-force with Solomon's men.

  • 1 Kgs 3:6
    70%

    6 And Solomon said, Great was your mercy to David my father, as his life before you was true and upright and his heart was true to you; and you have kept for him this greatest mercy, a son to take his place this day.

  • 1 Chr 29:23-25
    3 verses
    70%

    23 So Solomon was put on the seat of the Lord as king in place of his father David, and everything went well for him; and all Israel was under his authority.

    24 And all the chiefs and the men of war and all the sons of King David put themselves under the authority of Solomon the king.

    25 And the Lord made Solomon great in the eyes of all Israel, clothing him with glory and honour such as no other king in Israel had had before him.

  • 1 Chr 11:3
    69%

    3 So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel, as the Lord had said by Samuel.

  • 1 Kgs 9:11-12
    2 verses
    69%

    11 (Hiram, king of Tyre, had given Solomon cedar-trees and cypress-trees and gold, as much as he had need of,) King Solomon gave Hiram twenty towns in the land of Galilee.

    12 But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the towns which Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them.

  • 1 Chr 23:1
    68%

    1 Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 10:9
    68%

    9 May the Lord your God be praised, whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; because the Lord's love for Israel is eternal, he has made you king, to be their judge in righteousness.

  • 1 Chr 18:10
    68%

    10 He sent his son Hadoram to King David, to give him words of peace and blessing, because he had overcome Hadadezer in the fight, for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou; and he gave him all sorts of vessels of gold and silver and brass.

  • 1 Chr 22:17
    68%

    17 Then David gave orders to all the chiefs of Israel to give their help to Solomon his son, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 1:11
    68%

    11 Then Nathan said to Bath-sheba, the mother of Solomon, Has it not come to your ears that Adonijah, the son of Haggith, has made himself king without the knowledge of David our lord?

  • 1 Kgs 1:20
    68%

    20 And now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, waiting for you to say who is to take the place of my lord the king after him.

  • 1 Kgs 1:27
    68%

    27 Has this thing been done by my lord the king, without giving word to your servants who was to be placed on my lord the king's seat after him?

  • 1 Kgs 2:45
    67%

    45 But a blessing will be on King Solomon, and the kingdom of David will keep its place before the Lord for ever.

  • 2 Chr 1:13
    67%

    13 So Solomon went back from the high place at Gibeon, from before the Tent of meeting, to Jerusalem; and he was king over Israel.

  • 1 Chr 28:5
    67%

    5 And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me a great number of sons) he has made selection of Solomon to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 4:1
    67%

    1 Now Solomon was king over all Israel.