Bible Cross References
Hiram
1 Kings 5:1
King Hiram of Tyre had always been a friend of David's, and when he heard that Solomon had succeeded his father David as king, he sent ambassadors to him.
1 Kings 5:2
Solomon sent back this message to Hiram:
1 Kings 5:8
Then Hiram sent Solomon the following message: "I have received your message, and I am ready to do what you ask. I will provide the cedars and the pine trees.
1 Kings 5:9
My men will bring the logs down from Lebanon to the sea and will tie them together in rafts to float them down the coast to the place you choose. There my men will untie them, and your men will take charge of them. On your part, I would like you to supply the food for my men."
1 Chronicles 14:1
King Hiram of Tyre sent a trade mission to David; he provided him with cedar logs and with stonemasons and carpenters to build a palace.
they built
2 Samuel 7:2
Then the king said to the prophet Nathan, "Here I am living in a house built of cedar, but God's Covenant Box is kept in a tent!"
1 Kings 7:1-12
1
Solomon also built a palace for himself, and it took him thirteen years.
2
The Hall of the Forest of Lebanon was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. It had three rows of cedar pillars, 15 in each row, with cedar beams resting on them. The ceiling was of cedar, extending over storerooms, which were supported by the pillars.
4
On each of the two side walls there were three rows of windows.
5
The doorways and the windows had rectangular frames, and the three rows of windows in each wall faced the opposite rows.
6
The Hall of Columns was 75 feet long and 45 feet wide. It had a covered porch, supported by columns.
7
The Throne Room, also called the Hall of Judgment, where Solomon decided cases, had cedar panels from the floor to the rafters.
8
Solomon's own quarters, in another court behind the Hall of Judgment, were made like the other buildings. He also built the same kind of house for his wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt.
9
All these buildings and the great court were made of fine stones from the foundations to the eaves. The stones were prepared at the quarry and cut to measure, with their inner and outer sides trimmed with saws.
10
The foundations were made of large stones prepared at the quarry, some of them twelve feet long and others fifteen feet long.
11
On top of them were other stones, cut to measure, and cedar beams.
12
The palace court, the inner court of the Temple, and the entrance room of the Temple had walls with one layer of cedar beams for every three layers of cut stones.
Ecclesiastes 2:4-11
4
I accomplished great things. I built myself houses and planted vineyards.
5
I planted gardens and orchards, with all kinds of fruit trees in them;
6
I dug ponds to irrigate them.
7
I bought many slaves, and there were slaves born in my household. I owned more livestock than anyone else who had ever lived in Jerusalem.
8
I also piled up silver and gold from the royal treasuries of the lands I ruled. Men and women sang to entertain me, and I had all the women a man could want.
9
Yes, I was great, greater than anyone else who had ever lived in Jerusalem, and my wisdom never failed me.
10
Anything I wanted, I got. I did not deny myself any pleasure. I was proud of everything I had worked for, and all this was my reward.
11
Then I thought about all that I had done and how hard I had worked doing it, and I realized that it didn't mean a thing. It was like chasing the wind---of no use at all.
Jeremiah 22:14-16
14
Doomed is the one who says, "I will build myself a mansion with spacious rooms upstairs." So he puts windows in his house, panels it with cedar, and paints it red.
15
Does it make you a better king if you build houses of cedar, finer than those of others? Your father enjoyed a full life. He was always just and fair, and he prospered in everything he did.
16
He gave the poor a fair trial, and all went well with him. That is what it means to know the LORD.