1 Raja-raja 5:1

Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple

5:1 (5:15) ¹  King Hiram of Tyre ²  sent messengers ³  to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place. (Hiram had always been an ally of David.)

1 Raja-raja 5:18

5:18 Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers, ⁴  along with men from Byblos, ⁵  did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple. ⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 5:2

5:2 Solomon then sent this message to Hiram:

1 Tawarikh 2:3

Judah’s Descendants

2:3 The sons of Judah:

Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua, ⁷  a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, displeased the Lord, so the Lord killed him. ⁸ 

[5:1]  ¹ sn The verse numbers in the English Bible differ from those in the Hebrew text (BHS) here; 5:1-18 in the English Bible corresponds to 5:15-32 in the Hebrew text. See the note at 4:21.

[5:1]  ² map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[5:1]  ³ tn Heb “his servants.”

[5:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “builders.”

[5:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “the Gebalites.” The reading is problematic and some emend to a verb form meaning, “set the borders.”

[5:18]  ⁶ tc The LXX includes the words “for three years.”

[2:3]  ⁷ tn The name means “daughter of Shua.” Shua is identified in Gen 38:2 as a “Canaanite man.”

[2:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so he [i.e., the Lord] killed him [i.e., Er].”