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