1 Kings 5:2

2 misit autem et Salomon ad Hiram dicens

1 Kings 5:2 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 5:2

And Solomon sent to Hiram
A letter, either by the hand of his ambassadors when they returned, as Kimchi thinks, or by ambassadors Solomon sent on purpose. Josephus ^F23 appeals to the Tyrian archives for the genuineness of these letters that passed between Hiram and Solomon; and Eupolemus, an Heathen writer ^F24 has both this which Solomon sent to Hiram, and that which Hiram sent in answer to it, which agree with those in the sacred records:

saying:
as follows.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Antiqu. l. 8. c. 2. sect. 8.
F24 Ut Supra. (Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 32, 34.)

1 Kings 5:2 In-Context

1 misit quoque Hiram rex Tyri servos suos ad Salomonem audivit enim quod ipsum unxissent regem pro patre eius quia amicus fuerat Hiram David omni tempore

2 misit autem et Salomon ad Hiram dicens

3 tu scis voluntatem David patris mei et quia non potuerit aedificare domum nomini Domini Dei sui propter bella inminentia per circuitum donec daret Dominus eos sub vestigio pedum eius

4 nunc autem requiem dedit Deus meus mihi per circuitum non est Satan neque occursus malus

5 quam ob rem cogito aedificare templum nomini Domini Dei mei sicut locutus est Dominus David patri meo dicens filius tuus quem dabo pro te super solium tuum ipse aedificabit domum nomini meo