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Bible in Basic English

And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David with cedar-trees, and stoneworkers and woodworkers for the building of his house.

New American Standard Bible

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees, masons and carpenters, to build a house for him.

King James Version

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.

Holman Bible

King Hiram of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters to build a palace for him.

International Standard Version

After this, King Hiram of Tyre sent a delegation to David, accompanied by cedar logs, stone masons, and wood workers, to construct a palace for him.

A Conservative Version

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build for him a house.

American Standard Version

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.

Amplified

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar timbers, masons and carpenters, to build a house (palace) for him.

Darby Translation

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him a house.

Julia Smith Translation

And Hiram king of Tyre will send messengers to David, and trees of cedars and workmen of the wall and workmen of woods to build for him a house.

King James 2000

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him a house.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent messengers to David and cedar trees, {masons}, and {carpenters} to build a house for him.

Modern King James verseion

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timbers of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him a house.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

After that Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedar trees with masons and carpenters, to build him a house.

NET Bible

King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters to build a palace for him.

New Heart English Bible

Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.

The Emphasized Bible

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers unto David, and timber of cedars, with masons and artificers, to build for him a house.

Webster

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him a house.

World English Bible

Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.

Youngs Literal Translation

And Huram king of Tyre sendeth messengers unto David, and cedar-wood, and artificers of walls, and artificers of wood, to build to him a house.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חירם חירם 
Chiyram 
Usage: 26

מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

of Tyre
צור צר 
Tsor 
Usage: 42

שׁלח 
Shalach 
Usage: 848

מלאך 
Mal'ak 
Usage: 213

to David
דּויד דּוד 
David 
Usage: 1074

and timber
עץ 
`ets 
Usage: 329

of cedars
ארז 
'erez 
Usage: 73

with masons
קירה קר קיר 
Qiyr 
Usage: 74

to build
בּנה 
Banah 
Usage: 376

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Context Readings

David's Wives And Children

1 And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David with cedar-trees, and stoneworkers and woodworkers for the building of his house. 2 And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, lifting up his kingdom on high because of his people Israel.


Cross References

2 Samuel 5:11-16

And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David, with cedar-trees and woodworkers and stoneworkers: and they made David a house.

2 Chronicles 2:3

And Solomon sent to Huram, king of Tyre, saying, As you did for my father David, sending him cedar-trees for the building of his house,

Ezra 3:7

And they gave money to the stoneworkers and woodworkers; and meat and drink and oil to the people of Zidon and of Tyre, for the transport of cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, as Cyrus, king of Persia, had given them authority to do.

2 Samuel 7:2

The king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God is housed inside the curtains of a tent.

1 Kings 5:1

Now Hiram, king of Tyre, hearing that Solomon had been made king in place of his father, sent his servants to him; for Hiram had ever been a friend to David.

1 Kings 5:6

So now, will you have cedar-trees from Lebanon cut down for me, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you payment for your servants at whatever rate you say; for it is common knowledge that we have no such wood-cutters among us as the men of Zidon.

1 Kings 5:8-12

Then Hiram sent to Solomon, saying; The words you sent have been given to me: I will do all your desire in the question of cedar-wood and cypress-wood.

1 Kings 5:18

Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did the work of cutting them, and put edges on them, and got the wood and the stone ready for the building of the house.

1 Kings 7:1-12

Solomon was thirteen years building a house for himself till it was complete.

1 Chronicles 17:1

Now when David was living in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, See, I am living in a house of cedar-wood, but the ark of the Lord's agreement is under the curtains of a tent.

1 Chronicles 22:2

And David gave orders to get together all the men from strange lands who were in the land of Israel; and he put stone-cutters to work, cutting stones for building the house of God.

2 Chronicles 2:8-12

And send me cedar-trees, cypress-trees and sandal-wood from Lebanon, for, to my knowledge, your servants are expert wood-cutters in Lebanon; and my servants will be with yours,

Jeremiah 22:13-15

A curse is on him who is building his house by wrongdoing, and his rooms by doing what is not right; who makes use of his neighbour without payment, and gives him nothing for his work;

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