2 Chronicles 2:11

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And 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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 10:9 : 9 Blessed be the Lorde thy God, whiche loued thee, to set thee on the seate of Israel, because the Lorde loued Israel for euer, & made thee king to do equite and righteousnes.
  • 2 Chr 9:8 : 8 Blessed be the Lorde thy God, whiche had lust to thee, to set thee king on his seate, that thou mightest be king for the Lord thy God: because thy God loueth Israel and hath delyte to make them continue euer, therefore made he thee king ouer them, to do right and equitie.
  • Ps 72:17 : 17 His name shall endure for euer, his name shalbe spread abrode to the world so long as the sunne shall shyne: all nations shalbe blessed in hym, and shall call hym blessed.
  • Deut 7:7-8 : 7 The Lorde dyd not set his loue vpon you, nor chose you because ye were mo in number then any people (for ye were the fewest of all people) 8 But because the Lorde loued you, and because he would kepe the othe which he had sworne vnto your fathers, therfore hath the Lorde brought you out through a mightie hande, and deliuered you out of the house of bondage, euen from the hande of Pharao kyng of Egypt.

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  • 2 Chr 2:12-14
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    84%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 5:6-8
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    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.

  • 1 Kgs 5:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    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.

    2And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying:

  • 2 Chr 2:3
    77%

    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 10:9
    76%

    9Blessed be the Lorde thy God, whiche loued thee, to set thee on the seate of Israel, because the Lorde loued Israel for euer, & made thee king to do equite and righteousnes.

  • 2 Chr 9:8
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    8Blessed be the Lorde thy God, whiche had lust to thee, to set thee king on his seate, that thou mightest be king for the Lord thy God: because thy God loueth Israel and hath delyte to make them continue euer, therefore made he thee king ouer them, to do right and equitie.

  • 1 Kgs 7:13
    74%

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

  • 2 Chr 1:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

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

    9Now therefore, O Lorde God, let thy promise which thou madest vnto Dauid my father, be true: For thou hast made me king ouer a people which is lyke the dust of the earth in multitude:

  • 1 Kgs 5:10-12
    3 verses
    72%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 9:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 5:11-12
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    11And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to Dauid, and Cedar trees, & carpenters, and masons for walles: and they buylt Dauid an house.

    12And Dauid perceaued that the Lord had stablished him king ouer Israel, & that he had exalted his kingdome for his people Israels sake.

  • 2 Chr 2:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

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

    10And behold, for the vse of thy seruauntes the cutters and hewers of timber, I haue geuen twentie thousande quarters of beaten wheat, and twentie thousand quarters of barlye, and twentie thousande battes of wine, and twentie thousande battes of oyle.

  • 1 Chr 14:1-2
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    1So Hiram the king of Tyre sent messengers to Dauid, and timber of Cedar trees, with masons and carpeters, to builde him an house.

    2And Dauid perceaued that the Lorde had confirmed him king vpon Israel, & that his kingdome was lift vp on hie because of his people Israel:

  • 2 Chr 8:2
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    2He buylt the cities that Hiram gaue hym, and put of the children of Israel in them.

  • 2 Chr 1:11-12
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    11And God saide to Solomon: Because this was in thyne heart, and because thou hast not asked treasure and riches, and honour, & the liues of thyne enemies, neither yet long lyfe, but hast asked wysedome and knowledge for thy selfe, to iudge my people ouer which I haue made thee king:

    12Wysedome and knowledge is graunted vnto thee, and I will geue thee treasure, & riches, and glory: so that among the kinges that haue ben before thee, or after thee, none was or shalbe lyke thee.

  • 1 Kgs 3:6
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    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 6:11
    71%

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

  • 1 Chr 28:5
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    5And of all my sonnes (for the Lorde hath geuen me many sonnes) he hath chosen Solomon my sonne, to sit vpon the seate of the kingdome of the Lorde in Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 9:27
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    27And Hiram sent by shippe also of his seruauntes, that were shipmen and had knowledge of the sea, with the seruauntes of Solomon:

  • 2 Chr 1:1
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    1And Solomon the sonne of Dauid waxed strong in his kingdome, and the Lord his God was with him, and magnified him in dignitie.

  • 1 Kgs 11:2
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    2Wher as yet concerning these nations, the Lorde sayd vnto the children of Israel: Go not ye into them, nor let them come into, els will they turne your heartes after their gods: Neuerthelesse, Solomon claue vnto them in loue.

  • 1 Chr 29:25
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    25And the Lorde magnified Solomon in dignitie in the sight of all them of Israel, and gaue him so glorious a kingdome, as no king had before him in Israel.

  • 1 Chr 29:23
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    23And Solomon sate on the seate of the Lorde, and was king in steade of Dauid his father, and prospered: and all they of Israel obeyed him.

  • 1 Kgs 3:10
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    10And this pleased the Lorde well that Solomon had desired this thing,

  • 2 Chr 4:11
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    11And Hiram made pottes, shouels, and basens, & finished the worke that he was appoynted to make for king Solomon in the house of God.

  • 1 Kgs 10:23-24
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    23And so king Solomon exceeded al the kinges of the earth both in ryches and wysdome.

    24And all the worlde resorted to Solomon, to heare his wysdome which God had put in his heart:

  • 1 Kgs 8:23
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    23Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in heauen aboue, or in the earth beneath, thou that kepest couenaunt & mercy for thy seruauntes that walke before thee with all their heart.

  • 1 Kgs 1:37
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    37And as the Lorde hath ben with my lord the king, eue so be he with Solomo also, and make his seate greater then the seate of my lord king Dauids hath ben.

  • 2 Chr 9:23
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    23And all the kinges of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to heare his wysedome that God had put in his heart.

  • 2 Chr 2:1
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    1And Solomon determined to buylde an house for the name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdome.

  • 1 Kgs 1:35
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    35And then ye shall come vp after him, that he may come and sit vpo my seate, for he shalbe king in my steade: and I haue commaunded him to be captayne ouer Israel and Iuda.

  • 1 Chr 29:1
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    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.

  • 2 Chr 6:4
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    4And he sayde: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which hath with his handes fulfilled it that he spake with his mouth to my father Dauid, saying:

  • 1 Kgs 11:11
    68%

    11Wherfore the Lorde sayde vnto Solomon: Forasmuche as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept myne appoyntment, and my statutes whiche I commaunded thee, I wil rent the kingdome from thee, and will geue it to thy seruaunt.

  • 1 Chr 22:6
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    6And he called Solomon his sonne, and charged him to buylde an house for the Lorde God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 2:45
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    45And king Solomon shalbe blessed, and the seate of Dauid stablished before the Lorde for euer.