2 Chronicles 2:3
Hebrew Text— 2 Chronicles 2:3Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, “As you dealt with David my father, and sent him cedars to build him a house in which to dwell, so deal with me.
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Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees, masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.
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, and Hiram had always loved David.
I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
The border turned to Ramah, to the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah. It ended at the sea by the region of Achzib;
Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, with cedar trees, carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.
Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
So Hiram gave Solomon cedar timber and cypress timber according to all his desire.
Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the Gebalites cut them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.
They also gave money to the masons, and to the carpenters. They also gave food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from Cyrus King of Persia.
the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but God’s ark dwells within curtains.”
then Toi sent Joram his son to king David, to greet him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him; for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. Joram brought with him vessels of silver, vessels of gold, and vessels of bronze.
Now therefore command that cedar trees be cut for me out of Lebanon. My servants will be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants according to all that you say. For you know that there is nobody among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”
King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
When David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of Yahweh’s covenant is in a tent.”
David gave orders to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to cut dressed stones to build God’s house.
and cedar trees without number, for the Sidonians and the people of Tyre brought cedar trees in abundance to David.
The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. The rich among the people entreat your favor.
The burden of Tyre. Howl, you ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in. From the land of Kittim it is revealed to them.
“Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, ‘Aha! She is broken! She who was the gateway of the peoples has been returned to me. I will be replenished, now that she is laid waste;’
They have made all your planks of cypress trees from Senir. They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they delivered up the whole community to Edom, and didn’t remember the brotherly covenant;
for he loves our nation, and he built our synagogue for us.”
but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled,