Later text
1 Kings 5:1BSB
Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father's place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.
Intertextuality Pair
1 Kings 5:1 → 2 Samuel 5:11
Allusion
Earlier text
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.
Significance
In 1 Kings 5:1, Hiram king of Tyre sends envoys to Solomon because "Hiram had always been a friend of David" (כִּי אֹהֵב הָיָה חִירָם לְדָוִד, ki 'ohev hayah Chiram leDavid). The connection to 2 Samuel 5:11 establishes the origin of this alliance: "Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David." The same Hiram who supplied materials for David's palace now renews the alliance with Solomon for the temple project. This continuity of the Tyrian alliance across two generations enabled the temple construction — what Hiram began for David's house he now extends to the LORD's house. Both accounts specify the same building material at the heart of the alliance — אֲרָזִים (arazim, "cedars") — underscoring that Hiram supplied identical raw resources for both David's palace and, later, Solomon's temple.
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- Reference Type
- Allusion
- Connection Method(s)
- Redemptive-Historical Progression — the alliance 2 Samuel 5:11 records Hiram opening with David (cedar, craftsmen, a palace) is carried forward a generation in 1 Kings 5:1, where the same Hiram, who "had always been a friend of David," sends envoys to the newly anointed Solomon; the storyline advances from the building of David's house to the building of the LORD's house, the Tyrian partnership God provided for the king's palace now serving the temple.
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