1 Kings 5:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying:

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 2:3 : 3 And Solomon sent to Hiram the king of Tyre, saying: As thou diddest deale with Dauid my father, and diddest send him Cedar wood to buyld him an house to dwell in euen so deale with me:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Kgs 5:1
    88%

    1And Hira king of Tyre sent his seruauntes vnto Solomon (for he had hearde that they had annoynted him king in the roome of his father) For Hira was euer a louer of Dauid.

  • 2 Chr 2:3
    86%

    3And Solomon sent to Hiram the king of Tyre, saying: As thou diddest deale with Dauid my father, and diddest send him Cedar wood to buyld him an house to dwell in euen so deale with me:

  • 1 Kgs 5:5-13
    9 verses
    83%

    5And beholde, I am determined to build an house vnto ye name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spake vnto Dauid my father, saying: Thy sonne whom I wil set vpon thy seate for thee, he shal build an house vnto my name.

    6Now therefore commaund thou that they hewe me Cedar trees out of Libanon, & my seruautes shalbe with thyne, and vnto thee wyll I geue the hyre for thy seruauntes, accordyng to all such thinges as thou shalt appoynt: for thou knowest that there are not among vs that can skyl to hewe tymber, lyke vnto the Sidones.

    7And it came to passe, when Hiram heard ye wordes of Solomo, he reioysed greatly, & said: Blessed be the Lord this day, which hath geuen vnto Dauid a wyse sonne ouer this mightie people.

    8And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying: I haue considered the thinges which thou sentest to me for, & wyl accomplishe all thy desyre concerning tymber of Cedar trees and firre.

    9My seruauntes shall bring them from Libanon to the sea, and I wyl conuey them by sea in flootes vnto the place that thou shalt shew me, and wil cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receaue them: and thou shalt do me a pleasure againe, if thou minister foode for myne house.

    10Aud so Hiram gaue Solomon Cedar trees and firre trees according to all his desyre.

    11And Solomon gaue Hiram twentie thousand quarters of wheate for foode to his housholde, and twentie buts of pure oyle: Thus much gaue Solomon to Hiram yere by yere.

    12And the Lorde gaue Solomon wisedome as he promysed him: And there was peace betweene Hiram and Solomon, & they two were consedered together.

    13And king Solomon raysed a summe out of Israel, and the summe was thirtie thousand men:

  • 1 Kgs 7:13
    83%

    13And king Solomon sent and fet one Hiram out of Tyre,

  • 2 Sam 5:11
    81%

    11And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to Dauid, and Cedar trees, & carpenters, and masons for walles: and they buylt Dauid an house.

  • 1 Chr 14:1
    79%

    1So Hiram the king of Tyre sent messengers to Dauid, and timber of Cedar trees, with masons and carpeters, to builde him an house.

  • 2 Chr 2:11-16
    6 verses
    79%

    11And Hiram ye king of Tyre aunswered in writing, whiche he sent to Solomon: Because the Lorde hath loued his people, therefore hath he made thee king ouer them.

    12And Hiram sayde moreouer: Blessed be the Lorde God of Israel whiche made heauen & earth, & that hath geuen Dauid the king a wise sonne, and one that hath descretion, prudence, and vnderstanding, to buyld an house for the Lord, and a palace for his kingdome.

    13And now I haue sent a wise man, and a man of vnderstanding, whom my father Hiram dyd vse:

    14The sonne of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, and he can skil to worke in gold and siluer, in brasse and iron, in stone and timber, in purple and yelowe silke, in fine whyte and crymosin, and can graue sundry maner of grauinges, and to finde out diuers maner of subtill worke that shalbe set before hym, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lorde Dauid thy father.

    15Nowe therefore, the wheate and barlye, oyle and wine, which my lorde hath spoken of, let him sende vnto his seruauntes:

    16And we will cut wood in Libanon as much as thou shalt neede, and wil bring it to thee in flotes by sea to Iapho, from whence thou mayest cary them to Hierusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 6:11-12
    2 verses
    78%

    11And the word of the Lorde came to Solomon, saying:

    12Concerning the house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walke in myne ordinaunces, and execute my lawes, and kepe all my commaundementes to walke in them: then wyll I make good vnto thee my promise which I promysed Dauid thy father:

  • 1 Kgs 5:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17And the king commaunded them to bring great stones, costly stones, & hewed stones, for the foundatio of the house.

    18And Solomons masons, and the masons of Hiram did hewe them, and the stone squarers: And so they prepared both tymber and stones, for the building of the house.

  • 1 Kgs 9:27
    76%

    27And Hiram sent by shippe also of his seruauntes, that were shipmen and had knowledge of the sea, with the seruauntes of Solomon:

  • 1 Chr 22:4-7
    4 verses
    75%

    4And Cedar trees without number: For the Zidons and they of Tyre brought much Cedar wood to Dauid.

    5And Dauid sayde: Solomon my sonne is young and tender, and the house that is to be buylded for the Lorde must be magnificall, excellent, and of great fame and dignitie throughout all countreys: I wil therfore make ordinaunces for it. And so Dauid prepared many thinges before his death.

    6And he called Solomon his sonne, and charged him to buylde an house for the Lorde God of Israel.

    7And Dauid sayde to Solomon: My sonne, I thought as it was in myne heart to buylde an house vnto the name of the Lorde my God:

  • 2 Chr 2:1
    75%

    1And Solomon determined to buylde an house for the name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdome.

  • 1 Chr 22:17
    74%

    17And Dauid commaunded al the lordes of Israel to helpe Solomon his sonne, saying:

  • 1 Kgs 5:3
    74%

    3Thou knowest howe that Dauid my father could not buyld an house vnto the name of the Lorde his God for the warres which were about him on euery syde, vntill the Lorde put them vnder the soles of his feete.

  • 1 Kgs 9:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11(And Hiram the king of Tyre brought Solomon timbre of Cedar, & firre trees, golde, and whatsoeuer he desired) Then Solomon gaue Hiram twentie cities in the lande of Galilee.

    12And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities whiche Solomon had geuen hym, and they pleased him not.

  • 1 Kgs 9:14
    73%

    14And Hiram sent the king sixe score talentes of gold.

  • 2 Chr 1:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7And the same night did God appeare vnto Solomon, and said vnto him: Aske what I shall geue thee.

    8And Solomon saide vnto God: Thou hast shewed great mercie vnto Dauid my father, and hast made me to raigne in his steade.

  • 1 Kgs 1:53
    73%

    53And so king Solomon sent, and they brought him from the aulter, and he came and did obeysaunce vnto king Solomon: And Solomon sayde vnto him, Get thee to thyne house.

  • 2 Chr 2:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8Sende me also Cedar trees, pine trees, and algume trees, out of Libanon: For I wot that thy seruauntes can skill to hewe timber in Libanon: and behold my men shalbe with thyne,

    9That they may prepare me timber enough: For the house whiche I am determined to buylde, shalbe wonderfull great.

  • 1 Kgs 2:1
    72%

    1The dayes of Dauid drew nie that he should dye, & he charged Solomon his sonne, saying:

  • Acts 7:47
    72%

    47But Solomon buylt hym an house.

  • 2 Chr 1:2
    72%

    2And Solomon spake vnto all Israel, to the captaynes ouer thousandes, to the captaynes ouer hundredes, to the iudges, and to euery officer in all Israel, and to the auncient fathers.

  • 2 Chr 11:3
    72%

    3Speake vnto Rehoboam the sonne of Solomon king of Iuda, & to all them of Israel that are in Iuda and Beniamin, and say:

  • 2 Chr 8:2
    71%

    2He buylt the cities that Hiram gaue hym, and put of the children of Israel in them.

  • 1 Chr 29:1
    71%

    1And Dauid the king saide vnto all the congregation: God hath specially chosen Solomon my sonne which is yet young & tender, & the worke is great: for the house shall not be for man, but for the Lorde God.

  • 1 Kgs 3:6
    71%

    6And Solomon sayde: Thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaut Dauid my father great mercie, when he walked before thee in trueth, in righteousnesse, and in plainnesse of heart with thee, and thou hast kept for him this great mercy, that thou hast geuen him a sonne to sit on his seate, as it is come to passe this day.

  • 1 Kgs 1:33
    71%

    33The king also sayde vnto them: Take with you the seruauntes of your lord, & set Solomo my sonne vpon myne owne mule, and cary him downe to Gihon:

  • 1 Kgs 10:4
    70%

    4And the queene of Saba considered al Solomons wysdome, & the house that he had buylded,

  • 1 Kgs 1:46
    70%

    46And Solomon sitteth on the seate of the kingdome.