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Bible in Basic English

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

New American Standard Bible

Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and carpenters and stonemasons; and they built a house for David.

King James Version

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.

Holman Bible

King Hiram of Tyre sent envoys to David; he also sent cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

International Standard Version

Later, King Hiram of Tyre sent a delegation to David, accompanied by cedar logs, carpenters, and stone masons. They built a palace for David.

A Conservative Version

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons, and they built David a house.

American Standard Version

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

Amplified

Now Hiram the king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees, carpenters, and stonemasons; and they built a house (palace) for David.

Darby Translation

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

Julia Smith Translation

And Hiram, king of Tyre, will send messengers to David, and wood of cedars and artificers of wood, and artificers of stone of the wall: and they will build a house for David.

King James 2000

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David a house.

Lexham Expanded Bible

So Hiram, the king of Tyre, sent messengers to David, [along with] cedar trees and {craftsmen skilled in wood and in stone masonry}, and they built a house for David.

Modern King James verseion

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons to David. And they built David a house.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

The Emphasized Bible

Then Hiram, king of Tyre, sent messengers unto David, with cedar-wood, and carpenters, and masons, and they built a house for David.

Webster

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David a house.

World English Bible

Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

Youngs Literal Translation

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,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And Hiram
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 cedar
ארז 
'erez 
Usage: 73

and masons
קירה קר קיר 
Qiyr 
Usage: 74

and they built
בּנה 
Banah 
Usage: 376

דּויד דּוד 
David 
Usage: 1074

Context Readings

David's Palace, Wives, And Children In Jerusalem

10 And David became greater and greater; for the Lord, the God of armies, was with him. 11 And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David, with cedar-trees and woodworkers and stoneworkers: and they made David a house. 12 And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, and that he had made his kingdom great because of his people Israel.



Cross References

1 Chronicles 14:1

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

1 Kings 5:1-2

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 5:18

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.

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 5:8-10

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 7:1-12

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

Ecclesiastes 2:4-11

I undertook great works, building myself houses and planting vine-gardens.

Jeremiah 22:14-16

Who says, I will make a wide house for myself, and rooms of great size, and has windows cut out, and has it roofed with cedar and painted with bright red.

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