1 Kings 9:12

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But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities Solomon had given him, they did not please him.

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  • Num 22:34 : 34 Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, 'I have sinned. I did not realize you were standing in the road to oppose me. Now if you are displeased, I will go back.'
  • Judg 14:3 : 3 But his father and mother said to him, 'Is there no woman among the daughters of your relatives or among all our people, that you must go and take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?' Yet Samson said to his father, 'Get her for me, because she is right in my eyes.'

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  • 1 Kgs 9:10-11
    2 verses
    83%

    10 At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon had built the temple of the LORD and the royal palace,

    11 King Hiram of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar, juniper wood, and gold, according to all his desire. King Solomon then gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

  • 1 Kgs 9:13-15
    3 verses
    83%

    13 So he said, 'What are these cities you have given me, my brother?' And he called them 'Cabul,' which they are still called to this day.

    14 Hiram had sent to the king one hundred twenty talents of gold.

    15 This is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • 1 Kgs 5:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

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

  • 2 Chr 8:1-4
    4 verses
    73%

    1 After twenty years during which Solomon built the house of the Lord and his own house,

    2 he rebuilt the cities that Huram had given to him and settled the people of Israel in them.

    3 Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and took control of it.

    4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities that he had constructed in Hamath.

  • 1 Kgs 7:13
    72%

    13 King Solomon sent for Hiram from Tyre.

  • 1 Kgs 5:6-12
    7 verses
    72%

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

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

    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 9:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

    18 Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, within the land,

    19 along with all the storage cities Solomon had, the cities for his chariots and for his cavalry, and whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his dominion.

  • 2 Chr 8:6
    69%

    6 Additionally, he built Baalath and all the storage cities Solomon owned, as well as all the cities for his chariots and horses, and everything Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and throughout his dominion.

  • 2 Chr 2:10-12
    3 verses
    69%

    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 Chr 2:3
    68%

    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."

  • 2 Chr 9:12
    68%

    12 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, in addition to what she had brought to the king. Then she turned and went back to her own land with her servants.

  • 1 Kgs 9:27
    68%

    27 Hiram sent his servants, experienced sailors, who knew the sea, to work with Solomon's servants on the fleet.

  • 1 Kgs 11:9-11
    3 verses
    66%

    9 The LORD became angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.

    10 Although He commanded Solomon not to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD's command.

    11 So the LORD said to Solomon, 'Since this is your attitude and you have not kept My covenant and decrees, which I commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your subordinates.'

  • 1 Kgs 10:10-13
    4 verses
    66%

    10 And she gave the king 120 talents of gold, large quantities of spices, and precious stones. Never again were so many spices brought as those which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

    11 Moreover, Hiram’s ships, which had brought gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir a great quantity of almug wood and precious stones.

    12 The king used the almug wood to make supports for the temple of the LORD and for the royal palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians. Such fine almug wood has never been imported or seen since that day.

    13 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, in addition to what he had already given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own land with her attendants.

  • 1 Chr 14:1
    65%

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

  • 2 Sam 5:11
    65%

    11 Hiram, king of Tyre, sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

  • 1 Kgs 10:4
    65%

    4 When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built,

  • 1 Kgs 9:1
    64%

    1 When Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and everything he desired to accomplish,

  • 1 Kgs 11:6
    64%

    6 So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the LORD; he did not fully follow the LORD as David his father had done.

  • 1 Kgs 10:26
    64%

    26 Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, which he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

  • Acts 12:20
    64%

    20 Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. Together they came to him, and after persuading Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they sought peace, because their country depended on the king's country for food.

  • 2 Chr 9:3
    64%

    3 When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon and the house he had built,

  • 2 Chr 1:13
    64%

    13 Then Solomon returned from the high place at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem, and he reigned over Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 20:43
    64%

    43 Sullen and angry, the king of Israel went to his palace in Samaria.

  • 1 Kgs 6:11
    64%

    11 Then the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying:

  • 2 Chr 9:9-10
    2 verses
    64%

    9 Then she gave the king a hundred twenty talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

    10 Moreover, the servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, who had brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum wood and precious stones.

  • 1 Kgs 11:2
    64%

    2 These were from nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, 'You must not intermarry with them, and they must not intermarry with you, for they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.' Nevertheless, Solomon clung to them in love.

  • 1 Kgs 20:34
    64%

    34 Ben-Hadad said to him, 'I will restore the cities that my father took from your father, and you can set up marketplaces for yourself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.' Ahab replied, 'On the basis of a treaty, I will let you go.' So he made a treaty with him and let him go.