1 Kings 5:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When Hiram heard Solomon’s message, he was very happy. He said,“The LORD is worthy of praise today because he has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.”

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  • Gen 33:5 : 5 When Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, he asked,“Who are these people with you?” Jacob replied,“The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”
  • 1 Kgs 1:48 : 48 and said this:‘The LORD God of Israel is worthy of praise because today he has placed a successor on my throne and allowed me to see it.’”
  • 1 Kgs 3:9 : 9 So give your servant a discerning mind so he can make judicial decisions for your people and distinguish right from wrong. Otherwise no one is able to make judicial decisions for this great nation of yours.”
  • 1 Kgs 10:9 : 9 May the LORD your God be praised because he favored you by placing you on the throne of Israel! Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, he made you king so you could make just and right decisions.”
  • 2 Chr 2:11-12 : 11 King Huram of Tyre sent this letter to Solomon:“Because the LORD loves his people, he has made you their king.” 12 Huram also said,“Worthy of praise is the LORD God of Israel, who made the sky and the earth! He has given King David a wise son who has discernment and insight and will build a temple for the LORD, as well as a royal palace for himself.
  • 2 Chr 9:7-8 : 7 Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy! 8 May the LORD your God be praised because he favored you by placing you on his throne as the one ruling on his behalf! Because of your God’s love for Israel and his lasting commitment to them, he made you king over them so you could make just and right decisions.”
  • Ps 122:6-7 : 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May those who love her prosper! 7 May there be peace inside your defenses, and prosperity inside your fortresses!
  • Ps 137:6 : 6 May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, and do not give Jerusalem priority over whatever gives me the most joy.
  • Prov 10:1 : 1 The First Collection of Solomonic Proverbs The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.
  • Prov 13:1 : 1 A wise son accepts his father’s discipline, but a scoffer has never listened to rebuke.
  • Prov 15:20 : 20 A wise child brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.
  • Prov 23:24 : 24 The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.
  • Isa 8:18 : 18 Look, I and the sons whom the LORD has given me are reminders and object lessons in Israel, sent from the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, who lives on Mount Zion.
  • Isa 9:6 : 6 For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Amazing Adviser, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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  • 2 Chr 2:11-13
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    11King Huram of Tyre sent this letter to Solomon:“Because the LORD loves his people, he has made you their king.”

    12Huram also said,“Worthy of praise is the LORD God of Israel, who made the sky and the earth! He has given King David a wise son who has discernment and insight and will build a temple for the LORD, as well as a royal palace for himself.

    13Now I am sending you Huram Abi, a skilled and capable man,

  • 1 Kgs 5:1-2
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    1Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple(5:15) King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place.(Hiram had always been an ally of David.)

    2Solomon then sent this message to Hiram:

  • 1 Kgs 5:8
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    8Hiram then sent this message to Solomon:“I received the message you sent to me. I will give you all the cedars and evergreens you need.

  • 1 Kgs 5:10-12
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    10So Hiram supplied the cedars and evergreens Solomon needed,

    11and Solomon supplied Hiram annually with 20,000 cors of wheat as provision for his royal court, as well as 120,000 gallons of pure olive oil.

    12So the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he had promised him. And Hiram and Solomon were at peace and made a treaty.

  • 1 Kgs 5:6
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    6So now order some cedars of Lebanon to be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants. I will pay your servants whatever you say is appropriate, for you know that we have no one among us who knows how to cut down trees like the Sidonians.”

  • 1 Kgs 7:13
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    13Solomon Commissions Hiram to Supply the Temple King Solomon sent for Hiram of Tyre.

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

    12David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

  • 2 Chr 1:8
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    8Solomon replied to God,“You demonstrated great loyalty to my father David and have made me king in his place.

  • 2 Chr 2:3
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    3Solomon sent a message to King Huram of Tyre:“Help me as you did my father David, when you sent him cedar logs for the construction of his palace.

  • 1 Kgs 3:6
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    6Solomon replied,“You demonstrated great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne.

  • 1 Chr 14:1
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    1David’s Prestige Grows King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters to build a palace for him.

  • 2 Chr 6:4
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    4He said,“The LORD God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.

  • 2 Chr 1:1
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    1¶ The Lord Gives Solomon Wisdom Solomon son of David solidified his royal authority, for the LORD his God was with him and magnified him greatly.

  • 1 Kgs 4:34
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    34People from all nations came to hear Solomon’s display of wisdom; they came from all the kings of the earth who heard about his wisdom.

  • 2 Chr 1:11-12
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    11God said to Solomon,“Because you desire this, and did not ask for riches, wealth, and honor, or for vengeance on your enemies, and because you did not ask for long life, but requested wisdom and discernment so you can make judicial decisions for my people over whom I have made you king,

    12you are granted wisdom and discernment. Furthermore I am giving you riches, wealth, and honor surpassing that of any king before or after you.”

  • 1 Kgs 1:47-48
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    47The king’s servants have even come to congratulate our master King David, saying,‘May your God make Solomon more famous than you and make him an even greater king than you!’ Then the king leaned on the bed

    48and said this:‘The LORD God of Israel is worthy of praise because today he has placed a successor on my throne and allowed me to see it.’”

  • 2 Chr 30:26
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    26There was a great celebration in Jerusalem, unlike anything that had occurred in Jerusalem since the time of King Solomon son of David of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 9:27
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    27Hiram sent his fleet and some of his sailors, who were well acquainted with the sea, to serve with Solomon’s men.

  • 1 Kgs 3:10
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    10The Lord was pleased that Solomon made this request.

  • 1 Chr 29:25
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    25The LORD greatly magnified Solomon before all Israel and bestowed on him greater majesty than any king of Israel before him.

  • 1 Kgs 8:15
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    15He said,“The LORD God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.

  • 2 Chr 9:22-23
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    22King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth.

    23All the kings of the earth wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.

  • 1 Kgs 6:11
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    11The LORD’s message came to Solomon:

  • 1 Kgs 9:11
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    11King Solomon gave King Hiram of Tyre twenty cities in the region of Galilee, because Hiram had supplied Solomon with cedars, evergreens, and all the gold he wanted.

  • 1 Kgs 10:8-9
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    8Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy!

    9May the LORD your God be praised because he favored you by placing you on the throne of Israel! Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, he made you king so you could make just and right decisions.”

  • 1 Kgs 10:23-24
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    23King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth.

    24Everyone in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.

  • 1 Chr 29:1
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    1The People Contribute to the Project King David said to the entire assembly:“My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is just an inexperienced young man, and the task is great, for this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

  • 1 Chr 29:23
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    23Solomon sat on the LORD’s throne as king in place of his father David; he was successful and all Israel was loyal to him.

  • 1 Chr 28:5
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    5From all the many sons the LORD has given me, he chose Solomon my son to rule on his behalf over Israel.

  • 2 Chr 9:7-8
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    7Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy!

    8May the LORD your God be praised because he favored you by placing you on his throne as the one ruling on his behalf! Because of your God’s love for Israel and his lasting commitment to them, he made you king over them so you could make just and right decisions.”

  • 1 Kgs 1:37
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    37As the LORD is with my master the king, so may he be with Solomon, and may he make him an even greater king than my master King David!”

  • 1 Kgs 3:12
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    12I grant your request, and give you a wise and discerning mind superior to that of anyone who has preceded or will succeed you.

  • 1 Kgs 10:4
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    4When the queen of Sheba saw for herself Solomon’s extensive wisdom, the palace he had built,

  • 1 Kgs 2:45
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    45But King Solomon will be empowered and David’s dynasty will endure permanently before the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 9:3
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    3When the queen of Sheba saw for herself Solomon’s wisdom, the palace he had built,

  • 1 Kgs 5:18
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    18Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers, along with men from Byblos, did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple.

  • Ezra 7:27
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    27Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, who so moved in the heart of the king to so honor the temple of the LORD which is in Jerusalem!

  • 2 Chr 2:9
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    9to supply me with large quantities of timber, for I am building a great, magnificent temple.