2 Samuel 5:11
11 aThen Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and craftsmen of wood and craftsmen of stone walls; and bthey built a house for David.
1 Kings 5:2-6
2 And aSolomon sent word to Hiram, saying, 3 “You know that aDavid my father was unable to build a house for the name of Yahweh his God because of the wars which surrounded him, until Yahweh put them under the soles of his feet. 4 But now aYahweh my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor calamity. 5 So behold, aI intend to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, as Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he will build the house for My name.’ 6 So now, command that they cut for me acedars from Lebanon, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants according to all that you say, for you know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”
1 Kings 9:11-14
11 (Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress timber and gold according to all his desire), that King Solomon then gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 12 So Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, and they were not right in his eyes. 13 And he said, “What are these cities which you have given me, my brother?” So they were called the land of aCabul to this day. 14 aAnd Hiram sent to the king 120 talents of gold.
1 Kings 9:27
27 aAnd Hiram sent his servants with the fleet of ships, sailors who knew the sea, along with the servants of Solomon.
1 Kings 9:10-22
Cities Given to Hiram
10 aNow it happened that bat the end of twenty years in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Yahweh and the king’s house 11 (Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress timber and gold according to all his desire), that King Solomon then gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 12 So Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, and they were not right in his eyes. 13 And he said, “What are these cities which you have given me, my brother?” So they were called the land of aCabul to this day. 14 aAnd Hiram sent to the king 120 talents of gold.
Solomon Builds Cities and Ships
15 Now this is the account of the forced labor which King Solomon araised up to build the house of Yahweh, his own house, the bMillo, the wall of Jerusalem, cHazor, dMegiddo, and eGezer. 16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and captured Gezer and burned it with fire, and killed the aCanaanites who lived in the city, and had bgiven it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife. 17 So Solomon rebuilt Gezer and the lower aBeth-horon 18 and aBaalath and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land of Judah, 19 and all the storage cities which Solomon had, and athe cities for his chariots, and the cities for bhis horsemen, and call that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land under his rule. 20 As for all the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, who were not of the sons of Israel, 21 anamely, their sons who were left after them in the land bwhom the sons of Israel were unable to devote to destruction, from cthem Solomon raised up dforced laborers to this day. 22 But Solomon adid not make slaves of the sons of Israel; for they were men of war, his servants, his princes, his captains, his chariot commanders, and his horsemen.
1 Chronicles 14:1
David Takes More Wives
aThen Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and craftsmen of walls and craftsmen of wood, to build a house for him.
2 Chronicles 8:18
18 And Huram by the hand of his servants sent him ships and servants who knew the sea; and they went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir, and atook from there 450 talents of gold and brought them to King Solomon.
2 Chronicles 9:10
10 Also, the servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, awho brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
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