THEOSIS2 Kingdoms (2 Samuel) 5:11Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
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.
וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח חִירָ֨ם מֶֽלֶךְ־צֹ֥ר מַלְאָכִים֮ אֶל־דָּוִד֒ וַעֲצֵ֣י אֲרָזִ֔ים וְחָרָשֵׁ֣י עֵ֔ץ וְחָֽרָשֵׁ֖י אֶ֣בֶן קִ֑יר וַיִּבְנֽוּ־בַ֖יִת לְדָוִֽד׃
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- 1 Chr 14:1And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.
- Jer 22:14Who 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.
- Jer 22:16He judged the cause of the poor and needy for his own good: was it not therefore because he knew me, saith the Lord?
- 2 Sam 7:2He 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?
- Eccl 2:4I made me great works, I built me houses, and planted vineyards,
- Eccl 2:11And when I turned myself to all the works which my hands had wrought, and to the labours wherein I had laboured in vain, I saw in all things vanity, and vexation of mind, and that nothing was lasting under the sun.