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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

1 Kings 5:1 → 2 Samuel 7:1

Allusion

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.

Earlier text

2 Samuel 7:1BSB

After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,

Significance

2 Samuel 7:1 establishes David's temple-building intention when "the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies." 1 Kings 5:1 introduces Solomon's temple project by noting Hiram's diplomatic contact, which leads to Solomon explaining why David could not build — the ongoing wars — and declaring that now "the LORD my God has given me rest on every side." The Hebrew root נוח (nuach, "rest") links both passages thematically: David had partial rest (from surrounding enemies), but Solomon possesses the complete rest that enables the sacred construction project. Solomon's message frames his entire temple-building enterprise as the fulfillment of what was initiated but deferred in 2 Samuel 7.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment

Linked Mentions 1

Trajectory Tables 1

Davidic Kingdom Trajectory Table