Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Hiram

1 Kings 5:1
Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram had always been a friend of David.
1 Chronicles 14:1
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar timbers, masons and carpenters, to build a house (palace) for him.

They built

2 Samuel 7:2
the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within tent curtains.”
1 Kings 7:1
Now Solomon built his own house (palace) in thirteen years, and he finished all of his house [in that time].
Ecclesiastes 2:4
I made great works: I built houses for myself; I planted vineyards for myself;
Jeremiah 22:14

Who says, ‘I will build myself a spacious house
With large upper rooms,
And cut out its [wide] windows,
And panel it with cedar and paint it vermilion.’