2 Samuel 5:11
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And Hiram the king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons for walls: and they built a house for David.

Hiram

1 Kings 5:1,2,8,9 And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent his servants to Solomon: for he heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram had always been David's friend. . . .

1 Chronicles 14:1 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.

2 Samuel 7:2 He said to Nathan the prophet: Dost thou see that I dwell in a house of cedar, and the ark of God is lodged within skins?

1 Kings 7:1-12 And Solomon built his own house in thirteen years, and brought it to perfection. . . .

Ecclesiastes 2:4-11 I made me great works, I built me houses, and planted vineyards, . . .

Jeremiah 22:14-16 Who saith: I will build me a wide house, and large chambers: who openeth to himself windows, and maketh roofs of cedar, and painteth them with vermilion. . . .

Context
David Conquers Jerusalem
10And he went on prospering and growing up, and the Lord God of hosts was with him. 11And Hiram the king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons for walls: and they built a house for David.
Cross References
2 Samuel 5:12
And David knew that the Lord had confirmed him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom over his people Israel.

2 Samuel 7:2
He said to Nathan the prophet: Dost thou see that I dwell in a house of cedar, and the ark of God is lodged within skins?

1 Kings 5:1
And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent his servants to Solomon: for he heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram had always been David's friend.

1 Kings 5:10
So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees, and fir trees, according to all his desire.

1 Chronicles 14:1
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.

Ezra 3:7
And they gave money to hewers of stones and to masons: and meat and drink, and oil to the Sidonians and Tyrians, to bring cedar trees from Libanus to the sea of Joppe, according to the orders which Cyrus king of the Persians had given them.

Psalm 30:1
A psalm of a canticle, at the dedication of David's house. [2] I will extol thee, O Lord, for thou hast upheld me: and hast not made my enemies to rejoice over me.

Ezekiel 26:2
Son of man, because Tyre hath said of Jerusalem: Aha, the gates of the people are broken, she is turned to me: I shall be filled, now she is laid waste.

Lexicon
King
מֶֽלֶךְ־ (me·leḵ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

Hiram
חִירָ֨ם (ḥî·rām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2438: Hiram -- a Benjamite, also two Arameans (Syrians)

of Tyre
צֹ֥ר (ṣōr)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6865: Tyre -- a Phoenician city

sent
וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח (way·yiš·laḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out

envoys
מַלְאָכִים֮ (mal·’ā·ḵîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4397: A messenger, of God, an angel

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

David,
דָּוִד֒ (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

along with cedar
אֲרָזִ֔ים (’ă·rā·zîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 730: A cedar tree

logs,
וַעֲצֵ֣י (wa·‘ă·ṣê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6086: Tree, trees, wood

carpenters,
וְחָרָשֵׁ֣י (wə·ḥā·rā·šê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 2796: A fabricator, any material

and stonemasons,
וְחָֽרָשֵׁ֖י (wə·ḥā·rā·šê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 2796: A fabricator, any material

and they built
וַיִּבְנֽוּ־ (way·yiḇ·nū-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

a palace
בַ֖יִת (ḇa·yiṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

for David.
לְדָוִֽד׃ (lə·ḏā·wiḏ)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse


Additional Translations
King Hiram of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

And Chiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar wood, and carpenters, and stone-masons: and they built a house for David.

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David a house.

Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

And Hiram king of Tyre sendeth messengers unto David, and cedar-trees, and artificers of wood, and artificers of stone, for walls, and they build a house for David,
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