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. And Solomon relayed this message to Hiram: "As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet. But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or crisis. So behold, I plan to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, according to what the LORD said to my father David: 'I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the house for My Name.'
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 5:1-5, Solomon explains to Hiram king of Tyre why David could not build the temple — "due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David" — and now announces that the LORD his God has given him rest (הֵנִיחַ, heniach, from נוּחַ, nuach) on every side, enabling the temple project. Solomon explicitly references the Davidic covenant: "according to what the LORD said to my father David: 'I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the house for My Name'" (cf. 2 Sam 7:12-13). The connection to 2 Samuel 5:11, where Hiram first supplied cedar for David's palace, shows the temple project as the culmination of the David-Hiram alliance, now redirected from palace to temple.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type
Allusion
Connection Method(s)
Redemptive-Historical Progression — 1 Kings 5:1-5 narrates the next stage of the story 2 Samuel 5:11 began: the Hiram alliance that built David's palace is renewed for the LORD's house, now that the wars that occupied David have given way to the rest God granted Solomon; the movement from palace to temple, grounded in the Davidic promise that the son on David's throne would build the house for God's Name (2 Samuel 7:12-13), carries the one redemptive storyline forward from warrior-king to temple-builder.
