Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, with cedar trees, carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.
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- KJV And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
- BSB Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.
- NKJV Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters and masons. And they built David a house.
- NASB Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees, carpenters, and stonemasons; and they built a house for David.
- NLT Then King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar timber and carpenters and stonemasons, and they built David a palace.
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- 1 Chr 14:1Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees, masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.
- 1 Kgs 5:1–2Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the place of his father, and Hiram had always loved David.
- 1 Kgs 5:18Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the Gebalites cut them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.
- 1 Kgs 5:8–10Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, “I have heard the message which you have sent to me. I will do all your desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning cypress timber.
- Eccl 2:4–11I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.
- 2 Sam 7:2the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but God’s ark dwells within curtains.”
- 1 Kgs 7:1–12Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
- Jer 22:14–16who says, ‘I will build me a wide house and spacious rooms,’ and cuts out windows for himself; and it is ceiling with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
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