2 Samuel 5:11
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
2 Samuel 5:11 in other translations
| BSB | Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David. |
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| WEB | Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, with cedar trees, carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house. |
| ASV | And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house. |
| YLT | And Hiram king of Tyre sendeth messengers unto David, and cedar-trees, and artificers of wood, and artificers of stone, for walls, and they build a house for David, |
| DARBY | And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house. |
| BBE | And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David, with cedar-trees and woodworkers and stoneworkers: and they made David a house. |
| Webster | And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David a house. |
What does 2 Samuel 5:11 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 5:11-12
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:11-16
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
2 Samuel 5:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 5:11
- 1 Chronicles 14:1
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.
- 1 Kings 5:1-2
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. And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
- 1 Kings 5:18
And 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 5:8-10
And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir. My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household. So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.
- 2 Samuel 7:2
That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
- Jeremiah 22:14-16
That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him? He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord.
- Ecclesiastes 2:4-11
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees: I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me: …
- 1 Kings 7:1-12
But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks. …
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1Ki 5:1,2,8,9; 1Ch 14:1
masons. Heb. hewers of the stone of the wall. they built.
7:2; 1Ki 7:1-12; Ec 2:4-11; Jer 22:14-16
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Context
- 2 Samuel 5:10
And David went on, and grew great, and the Lord God of hosts was with him.
- 2 Samuel 5:11
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
- 2 Samuel 5:12
And David perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake.
2 Samuel 5:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | E Hiram rey de Tiro envió también embajadores á David, y madera de cedro, y carpinteros, y canteros para los muros, los cuales edificaron la casa de David. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Hiram, roi de Tyr, envoya des messagers à David, et des bois de cèdre, et des charpentiers, et des tailleurs de pierres pour les murailles; et ils bâtirent une maison à David. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Hiram, der König von Tyrus, sandte Boten zu David, und Cedernholz und Zimmerleute und Mauerleute; und sie bauten David ein Haus. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Misit quoque Hiram rex Tyri nuntios ad David, et ligna cedrina, et artifices lignorum, artificesque lapidum ad parietes: et ædificaverunt domum David. |