2 Samuel 5:11

What does 2 Samuel 5:11 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 5:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David, with cedar-trees and woodworkers and stoneworkers: and they made David a house.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And Hiram the king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons for walls: and they built a house for David.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

Context

v.10And David waxed greater and greater; for Jehovah, the God of hosts, was with him.

v.11This passage

v.12And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:4

    I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;

  • 1 Kings 5:18

    And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.

  • Jeremiah 22:14

    that saith, I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.

  • 1 Kings 5:8

    And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have heard the message which thou hast sent unto me: I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.

  • 2 Samuel 7:2

    that the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.

  • 1 Chronicles 14:1

    And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.

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