1 Chronicles 14:1

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King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar wood, stonemasons, and carpenters to build him a palace.

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  • 2 Sam 5:11-16 : 11 Hiram, king of Tyre, sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David. 12 Then David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel. 13 After coming from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him. 14 These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, 15 Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, 16 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
  • 2 Chr 2:3 : 3 "I am now building a house in honor of the name of the LORD my God. It will be dedicated to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, arranging the bread of presence continuously, and offering burnt offerings every morning and evening, on Sabbaths, new moons, and appointed feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for Israel forever."
  • Ezra 3:7 : 7 They gave money to the stonecutters and carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, so they would bring cedar wood by sea from Lebanon to Joppa, according to the permission granted by Cyrus king of Persia.
  • Jer 22:13-15 : 13 Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice, making his neighbor work for nothing and not paying him for his labor. 14 He says, 'I will build for myself a great house with spacious upper rooms,' cutting out large windows for it, paneling it with cedar, and painting it with vermilion. 15 Do you think you are a king because you compete in cedar? Your father ate and drank, but he practiced justice and righteousness, and it went well with him.
  • 2 Chr 2:8-9 : 8 Provide a large amount of timber for me, because the house I am building will be great and extraordinary. 9 I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the timber, twenty thousand cors of crushed wheat, twenty thousand cors of barley, twenty thousand gallons of wine, and twenty thousand gallons of oil. 10 Hiram, king of Tyre, replied in writing and sent it to Solomon: "Because of the LORD's love for His people, He has made you their king." 11 Hiram said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son, endowed with insight and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a palace for himself." 12 Now I have sent you a skilled and insightful craftsman, Huram-Abi.
  • 2 Sam 7:2 : 2 the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God remains in a tent."
  • 1 Kgs 5:1 : 1 Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines and up to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
  • 1 Kgs 5:6 : 6 Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots and twelve thousand horsemen.
  • 1 Kgs 5:8-9 : 8 They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the proper places, each officer according to his duty. 9 God gave Solomon wisdom, very great understanding, and vast insight, as expansive as the sand on the seashore. 10 Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt. 11 He was wiser than any other man, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. His fame spread to all the surrounding nations. 12 He spoke three thousand proverbs and composed one thousand five songs.
  • 1 Kgs 5:18 : 18 But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor misfortune.
  • 1 Kgs 7:1-9 : 1 Solomon built his palace over the course of thirteen years, completing its construction entirely. 2 He constructed the House of the Forest of Lebanon, which was one hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, supported by four rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams on top of the columns. 3 It was paneled with cedar above the chambers that rested on the forty-five pillars, with fifteen pillars in each row. 4 There were three rows of window frames positioned opposite each other on three levels. 5 All the doorways and doorposts had rectangular frames, with openings placed directly opposite each other in three tiers. 6 He made the Hall of Pillars, which was fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of the pillars and a canopy above them. 7 He also made the Hall of the Throne, known as the Hall of Judgment, where he would judge. It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the ceiling. 8 His own palace where he would reside, in another court behind the Hall, was built similarly. Solomon also built a palace for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had married, following the same design as the Hall. 9 All these buildings were made from costly stones, cut to size and sawed with a saw, from the foundations to the coping, and from the outside to the great courtyard. 10 The foundation was made of large, costly stones, with some measuring ten cubits and others eight cubits. 11 Above were precious stones cut to measure, along with cedar wood. 12 The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of hewn stone and one row of cedar beams, similar in design to the inner courtyard of the Lord's house and its portico.
  • 1 Chr 17:1 : 1 When David was living in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am dwelling in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent."
  • 1 Chr 22:2 : 2 David commanded the gathering of the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, and he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stones to build the house of God.

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  • 2 Sam 5:11-12
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    11Hiram, king of Tyre, sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

    12Then David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

  • 2 Chr 2:3
    80%

    3"I am now building a house in honor of the name of the LORD my God. It will be dedicated to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, arranging the bread of presence continuously, and offering burnt offerings every morning and evening, on Sabbaths, new moons, and appointed feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for Israel forever."

  • 1 Chr 22:4-7
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    4He also supplied cedar logs without number, for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought great quantities of cedar logs to David.

    5David said, 'My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly magnificent to promote His name and glory throughout all lands. Therefore, I will make preparations for it.' So David made extensive preparations before his death.

    6Then he called for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.

    7David said to Solomon, 'My son, it was in my heart to build a house for the name of the Lord my God.'

  • 1 Kgs 5:1-2
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    1Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines and up to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

    2Solomon's daily provisions were thirty measures of the finest flour and sixty measures of regular flour.

  • 1 Chr 22:1-2
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    1Then David said, 'This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of burnt offerings for Israel.'

    2David commanded the gathering of the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, and he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stones to build the house of God.

  • 2 Chr 2:11-14
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    11Hiram said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son, endowed with insight and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a palace for himself."

    12Now I have sent you a skilled and insightful craftsman, Huram-Abi.

    13He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father is a man of Tyre. He is knowledgeable in working with gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, as well as with purple, blue, fine linen, and crimson. He is skilled in engraving all kinds of designs and can work with your craftsmen and the craftsmen of my lord David, your father.

    14Now, let my lord send the wheat, barley, oil, and wine that he has promised to his servants.

  • 2 Chr 2:7-9
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    7Also, send me cedar, cypress, and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your servants are skilled in cutting timber there. My servants will work alongside your servants.

    8Provide a large amount of timber for me, because the house I am building will be great and extraordinary.

    9I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the timber, twenty thousand cors of crushed wheat, twenty thousand cors of barley, twenty thousand gallons of wine, and twenty thousand gallons of oil.

  • 1 Kgs 5:18
    77%

    18But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor misfortune.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5-8
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    77%

    5Judah and Israel lived in safety, each man under his own vine and fig tree, from Dan to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

    6Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots and twelve thousand horsemen.

    7These officers provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table, each during his assigned month, without fail.

    8They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the proper places, each officer according to his duty.

  • 1 Kgs 7:13
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    13King Solomon sent for Hiram from Tyre.

  • 1 Kgs 5:10
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    10Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.

  • 1 Chr 15:1
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    1David built houses for himself in the City of David, prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it.

  • 1 Kgs 8:17-18
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    17Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

    18But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Because it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well to have this desire in your heart.'

  • 1 Chr 28:2
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    2Then King David stood to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I had it in my heart to build a resting place for the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD and a footstool for our God, and I made preparations to build it.

  • 2 Kgs 22:6
    74%

    6the carpenters, builders, and masons. It shall also be used to buy timber and quarried stone for repairing the house.

  • 1 Chr 17:1
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    1When David was living in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am dwelling in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent."

  • 1 Chr 17:6
    73%

    6In all the places where I walked with Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?"

  • 2 Chr 6:7
    73%

    7Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 2:1
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    1Solomon assigned seventy thousand men to carry burdens, eighty thousand men to cut stone in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred supervisors to oversee them.

  • 1 Kgs 6:9-10
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    9So he built the house and finished it, and he covered the house with beams and rows of cedar boards.

    10He also built the annex against the entire house, five cubits high, and it was attached to the house with cedar beams.

  • 1 Kgs 6:15-16
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    15He built the walls of the house on the inside with cedar boards, from the floor of the house to the ceiling, overlaying the interior with wood, and he covered the floor of the house with cypress planks.

    16He built twenty cubits at the rear of the house with cedar boards, from the floor to the walls, to form the inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.

  • 1 Kgs 7:2
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    2He constructed the House of the Forest of Lebanon, which was one hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, supported by four rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams on top of the columns.

  • 2 Chr 34:11
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    11They gave it to the craftsmen and builders to buy dressed stones, timber for joists, and beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to fall into ruin.

  • 1 Chr 14:2
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    2David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and that his kingdom was highly exalted for the sake of His people Israel.

  • 2 Sam 7:5
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    5"Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says the LORD: Is it you who would build me a house to dwell in?

  • 1 Chr 17:4
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    4"Go and tell my servant David: 'This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.

  • Acts 7:47
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    47But it was Solomon who built Him a house.

  • 2 Sam 7:7
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    7In all the places where I have moved with all the people of Israel, did I speak a word to any of the tribal leaders of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'

  • 1 Kgs 6:18
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    18The cedar within the house was carved with gourds and open flowers. All was cedar; no stone could be seen.

  • 2 Chr 2:16
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    16Then Solomon counted all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, as his father David had counted them, and they were found to be 153,600.

  • 1 Chr 22:15
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    15Moreover, you have an abundance of workers—stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and every kind of skilled craftsman.

  • 1 Chr 17:12
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    12He will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever.

  • Jer 22:14
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    14He says, 'I will build for myself a great house with spacious upper rooms,' cutting out large windows for it, paneling it with cedar, and painting it with vermilion.