¹ Now Hiram, king of Tyre, hearing that Solomon had been made king in place of his father, sent his servants to him; for Hiram had ever been a friend to David.

¹ And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David with cedar-trees, and stoneworkers and woodworkers for the building of his house.

¹¹ And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David, with cedar-trees and woodworkers and stoneworkers: and they made David a house.

³ And Solomon sent to Huram, king of Tyre, saying, As you did for my father David, sending him cedar-trees for the building of his house,

¹⁰ So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar-wood and cypress-wood he had need of;

⁹ These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Tyre, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they gave up all the people prisoners to Edom, without giving a thought to the brothers' agreement between them.

¹² And the daughters of Tyre will be there with an offering; those who have wealth among the people will be looking for your approval.

¹² But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the towns which Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them.

¹³ And he said, What sort of towns are these which you have given me, my brother? So they were named the land of Cabul, to this day.

¹⁴ And Hiram sent the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold.

¹³ Then King Solomon got together men for the forced work through all Israel, thirty thousand men in number;

¹ Now after this, death came to the king of the children of Ammon, and Hanun, his son, became king in his place.

² And David said, I will be a friend to Hanun, the son of Nahash, as his father was a friend to me. So David sent his servants, to give him words of comfort on account of his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

¹⁰ He sent his son Hadoram to David, with words of peace and blessing, because he had overcome Hadadezer in the fight, for Hadadezer had wars with Tou; and Hadoram took with him vessels of silver and gold and brass: