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1 Kings 5

1 Kings 5:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Hiram
Chiyram (Hebrew #2438)
another form of 2361; Chiram or Chirom, the name of two Tyrians
KJV usage: Hiram, Huram.
Pronounce: khee-rawm'
Origin: or Chiyrowm {khee-rome'}
a king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
of Tyre
Tsor (Hebrew #6865)
the same as 6864; a rock; Tsor, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Tyre, Tyrus.
Pronounce: tsore
Origin: or Tsowr {tsore}
sent
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
his servants
`ebed (Hebrew #5650)
a servant
KJV usage: X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Pronounce: eh'-bed
Origin: from 5647
unto Solomon
Shlomoh (Hebrew #8010)
peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor
KJV usage: Solomon.
Pronounce: shel-o-mo'
Origin: from 7965
; for he had heard
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
that they had anointed
mashach (Hebrew #4886)
to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint
KJV usage: anoint, paint.
Pronounce: maw-shakh'
Origin: a primitive root
him king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
in the room of his father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
: forb Hiram
Chiyram (Hebrew #2438)
another form of 2361; Chiram or Chirom, the name of two Tyrians
KJV usage: Hiram, Huram.
Pronounce: khee-rawm'
Origin: or Chiyrowm {khee-rome'}
was ever
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
a lover
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
of David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
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1 Kings 5:10,18• 10So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.
 18And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house. (1 Kings 5:10,18)
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2 Chron. 2:3• 3And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. (2 Chron. 2:3)
, Huran
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2 Sam. 5:11• 11And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house. (2 Sam. 5:11)
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Amos 1:9• 9Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant: (Amos 1:9)

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David,
Father,
Hiram,
King,
Room,
Servant,
Solomon,
Tyre; Tyrus

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-6:  Hiram, sending to congratulate Solomon, is desired to furnish him with timber to build the temple.
7-12:  Hiram, blessing God for Solomon, and requesting food for his family, furnishes him with trees.
13-18:  The number of Solomon's workmen and labourers
A.M. 2990.
B.C. 1014.
An. Ex. Is. 477.
Hiram.
1 Kings 5:10,13• 10So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.
 13And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. (1 Kings 5:10,13)
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1 Kings 9:12‑14• 12And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.
 13And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.
 14And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold. (1 Kings 9:12‑14)
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2 Chron. 2:3• 3And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. (2 Chron. 2:3)
Huram.
sent.
2 Sam. 8:10• 10Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass: (2 Sam. 8:10)
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2 Sam. 10:1‑2• 1And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
 2Then said David, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon. (2 Sam. 10:1‑2)
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Psa. 45:12• 12And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall entreat thy favor. (Psa. 45:12)
for Hiram.
2 Sam. 5:11• 11And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house. (2 Sam. 5:11)
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1 Chron. 14:1• 1Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house. (1 Chron. 14:1)
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Amos 1:9• 9Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant: (Amos 1:9)
• In the Word Tyre is a type of the world with all its riches and desirable things. In Ezekiel 27 we see what Tyre, whose commerce spread over all the earth and to which the resources of the whole world flowed from every direction, was in antiquity. (“Hiram. Preparation for the Temple: 1 Kings 5” by H.L. Rossier)
• Of his own free will he had come to offer his services to Solomon’s father, and his carpenters had built him a house (2 Sam. 5:11). The same willing spirit led him to send his servants to David’s son because he had always loved his father (1 Kings 5:1). How could he fail to be welcomed by the king of glory when he had always loved the king of grace? (“Hiram. Preparation for the Temple: 1 Kings 5” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the place of his father; for Hiram always loved David.