2 Chronicles 2:3 meaning and explanation

Then Solomon sent word to Hiram king of Tyre: “Do for me as you did for my father David when you sent him cedars to build himself a house to live in.

2 Chronicles 2:3, Berean Standard Bible

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Solomon has just taken the throne and begun organizing labor for a temple and palace. Here he writes to Hiram, the Phoenician king of Tyre, appealing to the trade relationship Hiram had with David, who received cedar timber for his own house.

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