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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 Chronicles 14:1-2 → 2 Samuel 5:11-12

Quotation

Later text

1 Chronicles 14:1-2BSB

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters, to build a palace for him. And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had highly exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.

Earlier text

2 Samuel 5:11-12BSB

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David. And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.

Significance

These parallel accounts of Hiram's embassy and palace construction are virtually identical. Both record that Hiram sent messengers, cedar logs (עֲצֵי אֲרָזִים, atsei arazim), carpenters, and stonemasons. Both conclude with David's recognition that "the LORD had established him as king over Israel" and had "exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel." The Chronicler preserves this text nearly word-for-word, using it to demonstrate that gentile recognition (through Hiram) confirmed what God had ordained. The notice that David's kingdom was exalted "for the sake of" (בַּעֲבוּר, ba'avur) Israel emphasizes that Davidic kingship exists not for royal self-aggrandizement but for the welfare of God's covenant people.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Redemptive-Historical Progression — Hiram's embassy is carried over from Samuel nearly word for word as evidence that "the LORD had established him as king over Israel" for the sake of His people (1 Chr 14:2); in the Chronicler's sequence the gentile king's cedar and craftsmen anticipate the temple project, advancing the narrative from David's palace toward the house of God.

Linked Mentions 2

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