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Solomon Asks Hiram To Help Build the Temple

(2 Chronicles 2.1-16)

King Hiram of Tyre[a] had always been friends with Solomon's father David. When Hiram learned that Solomon was king, he sent some of his officials to meet with Solomon.

Solomon sent a message back to Hiram:

Remember how my father David wanted to build a temple where the Lord his God could be worshiped? But enemies kept attacking my father's kingdom, and he never had the chance.

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Footnotes

  1. 5.1 Tyre: The most important city in Phoenicia. It was located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea north of Israel, in what is today southern Lebanon.

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