Alliance with King Hiram

5 ^[a](A)Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for ^(B)Hiram had ^[b]always been a friend of David.

¹⁰ So ^[a]Hiram ^[b]gave Solomon all that he wished of the cedar and juniper timber.

¹⁸ So Solomon’s builders and ^[a]Hiram’s builders and ^(A)the Gebalites ^[b]cut the stones, and they prepared the timbers and the stones to build the house.

David’s Family Enlarged

14 ^(A)Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees, masons, and carpenters, to build a house for him.