1 Kings 5 · Verse 2

1 Kings 5:2

And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
1 Kings 5:2, King James Version

1 Kings 5:2 in other translations

BSBAnd Solomon relayed this message to Hiram:
WEBSolomon sent to Hiram, saying,
ASVAnd Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
YLTand Solomon sendeth unto Hiram, saying,
DARBYAnd Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
BBEAnd Solomon sent back word to Hiram, saying,
WebsterAnd Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

What does 1 Kings 5:2 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Solomon sent to Hiram - Made an interchange of ambassadors and friendly greetings. Josephus tells us that the correspondence between Hiram and Solomon was preserved in the archives of the Tyrians even in his time. But this, like many other assertions of the same author, is worthy of little credit.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 5:1-9

Here is Solomon's design to build a temple. There is no adversary, no Satan, so the word is; no instrument of Satan to oppose it, or to divert from it. Satan does all he can, to hinder temple work. When there is no evil abroad, then let us be ready and active in that which is good, and get forward. Let God's promises quicken our endeavours. And all outward skill and advantages should be made serviceable to the…

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1 Kings 5:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣חvai.yish.Lachand he sentH7971
שְׁלֹמֹ֔הshe.lo.MohSolomonH8010
אֶל\־'el-toH413
חִירָ֖םchi.RamHiramH2438
לֵאמֹֽר\׃le.Mor<to> sayingH559

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 5:2

  • 2 Chronicles 2:3

    And 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.

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2Ch 2:3

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Context

  • 1 Kings 5:1

    And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.

  • 1 Kings 5:2

    And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

  • 1 Kings 5:3

    Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.

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1 Kings 5:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces Salomón envió á decir á Hiram:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et l’ordinaire de Salomon, pour un jour, était: 30 cors de fleur de farine, et 60 cors de farine,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Salomo sandte zu Hiram und ließ ihm sagen:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Misit autem Salomon ad Hiram, dicens: