1 Kings 5:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Gen 33:5 : 5 Then Esau, lifting up his eyes, saw the women and the children, and said, Who are these with you? And he said, The children whom God in his mercy has given to your servant.
  • 1 Kgs 1:48 : 48 Then the king said, May the God of Israel be praised, who has given one of my seed to be king in my place this day and has let my eyes see it.
  • 1 Kgs 3:9 : 9 Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?
  • 1 Kgs 10:9 : 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.
  • 2 Chr 2:11-12 : 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.
  • 2 Chr 9:7-8 : 7 Happy are your wives and happy these your servants whose place is ever before you, hearing your words of wisdom. 8 Praise be to the Lord your God whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of his kingdom to be king for the Lord your God: because, in his love for Israel, it was the purpose of your God to make them strong for ever, he made you king over them, to be their judge in righteousness.
  • Ps 122:6-7 : 6 O make prayers for the peace of Jerusalem; may they whose love is given to you do well. 7 May peace be inside your walls, and wealth in your noble houses.
  • Ps 137:6 : 6 If I let you go out of my thoughts, and if I do not put Jerusalem before my greatest joy, let my tongue be fixed to the roof of my mouth.
  • Prov 10:1 : 1 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
  • Prov 13:1 : 1 A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.
  • Prov 15:20 : 20 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.
  • Prov 23:24 : 24 The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.
  • Isa 8:18 : 18 See, I and the children whom the Lord has given me, are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of armies, whose resting-place is in Mount Zion.
  • Isa 9:6 : 6 For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 2:11-13
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    84%

    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,

  • 1 Kgs 5:1-2
    2 verses
    82%

    1 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.

    2 And Solomon sent back word to Hiram, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 5:8
    82%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 5:10-12
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    78%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 5:6
    77%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 7:13
    77%

    13 Then King Solomon sent and got Hiram from Tyre.

  • 2 Sam 5:11-12
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    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.

  • 2 Chr 1:8
    75%

    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 2:3
    75%

    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 3:6
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    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 14:1
    74%

    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 6:4
    74%

    4 And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to my father David, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,

  • 2 Chr 1:1
    74%

    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 4:34
    74%

    34 People came from every nation to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had word of his wisdom.

  • 2 Chr 1:11-12
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    74%

    11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in your heart, and you did not make request for money, property, or honour, or for the destruction of your haters, or for long life; but you have made request for wisdom and knowledge for yourself, so that you may be the judge of my people over whom I have made you king:

    12 Wisdom and knowledge are given to you; and I will give you wealth and honour, such as no king has had before you or ever will have after you.

  • 1 Kgs 1:47-48
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    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.

    48 Then the king said, May the God of Israel be praised, who has given one of my seed to be king in my place this day and has let my eyes see it.

  • 2 Chr 30:26
    73%

    26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for nothing like this had been seen in Jerusalem from the time of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 9:27
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    27 Hiram sent his servants, who were experienced seamen, in the sea-force with Solomon's men.

  • 1 Kgs 3:10
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    10 Now these words and Solomon's request were pleasing to the Lord.

  • 1 Chr 29:25
    73%

    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 Kgs 8:15
    73%

    15 And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to David my father, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,

  • 2 Chr 9:22-23
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    73%

    22 And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

    23 And all the kings of the earth came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put into his heart.

  • 1 Kgs 6:11
    73%

    11 (And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 9:11
    73%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 10:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8 Happy are your wives, happy are these your servants whose place is ever before you, hearing your words of wisdom.

    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 Kgs 10:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

    23 And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

    24 And from all over the earth they came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

  • 1 Chr 29:1
    72%

    1 And David the king said to all the people, Solomon my son, the only one who has been marked out by God, is still young and untested, and the work is great, for this great house is not for man, but for the Lord God.

  • 1 Chr 29:23
    72%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 28:5
    72%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 9:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7 Happy are your wives and happy these your servants whose place is ever before you, hearing your words of wisdom.

    8 Praise be to the Lord your God whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of his kingdom to be king for the Lord your God: because, in his love for Israel, it was the purpose of your God to make them strong for ever, he made you king over them, to be their judge in righteousness.

  • 1 Kgs 1:37
    72%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 3:12
    72%

    12 I have done as you said: I have given you a wise and far-seeing heart, so that there has never been your equal in the past, and never will there be any like you in the future.

  • 1 Kgs 10:4
    72%

    4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,

  • 1 Kgs 2:45
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    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 9:3
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    3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,

  • 1 Kgs 5:18
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    18 Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did the work of cutting them, and put edges on them, and got the wood and the stone ready for the building of the house.

  • Ezra 7:27
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    27 Praise be to the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing into the heart of the king, to make fair the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;

  • 2 Chr 2:9
    71%

    9 To get trees for me in great numbers, for the house which I am building is to be great and a wonder.