2 Samuel 5:11
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
Context
This verse from 2 Samuel Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. The elders of all Israel come to David at Hebron, recalling that even under Saul he led Israel; they anoint him king over all Israel. David captures Jerusalem from the Jebusites by taking it through the water shaft—it becomes the …
Other Translations
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.
And Hiram king of Tyre sendeth messengers unto David, and cedar-trees, and artificers of wood, and artificers of stone, for walls, and they build a house for David,
And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David, with cedar-trees and woodworkers and stoneworkers: and they made David a house.
Cross References
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know …
That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is …
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him …
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured …
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark …
And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both …
But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build …
So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.