Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 5:8
And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: [and] I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
8. and Hiram sent to Solomon ] The Chronicler says he answered in writing.
I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for] More literally (see R.V.): ‘I have heard the message which thou sentest to me.’ We need not with this literal rendering suppose Solomon’s to have been a verbal request.
There is also no need to insert the conjunction before the next clause (as in A.V.), Render, as in R.V., ‘I will do.’
concerning timber of fir ] Josephus says ‘cypress’ and from the uses to which the wood is put, that seems the more probable rendering. Beside being employed in the Temple building, the tree ( b’rsh) is used in shipbuilding (Eze 27:5), for spear shafts (Nah 2:4), and for musical instruments (2Sa 6:5). It was a tall tree on which storks built their nests.
The LXX. has = pine wood, the Vulgate ligna abiegna, to which, no doubt, the ‘firwood’ of A.V. is due.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Hiram sent a letter, 2Ch 2:11.
Concerning timber of fir; which formerly was, and still is, very useful in most buildings. Others render the Hebrew word, pitch trees, or ash trees, or pine trees. To others it was a particular sort of cedars, and therefore comes under the general name of cedars, in Solomons message before related.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
8. Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, Ihave considered the things . . . and I will doThe contract wasdrawn out formally in a written document (2Ch2:11), which, according to JOSEPHUS,was preserved both in the Jewish and Tyrian records.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And Hiram sent to Solomon,…. A letter to him, to the following purpose:
saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for; whether he could, and whether it was fitting he should grant his request; which was acting like a wise and prudent prince:
[and] I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir; or of cypress, as in Josephus’s copy of this letter, and which grew on Lebanon c; these were odorous, sound, and durable timber, especially the cedar, and therefore chosen by Solomon for building.
c Diodor. Sic. l. 19. p. 700.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
8. Timber of cedar, and of fir The fir tree is often mentioned in connection with the cedar. It was a lofty, ornamental tree that grew on Lebanon, (2Ki 19:23; Isa 60:13,) and was used in making ships, (Eze 27:5,) spears, (Nah 2:3,) and musical instruments, (2Sa 6:5.) The Hebrew name is berosh, ( ,) and may also designate the cypress or the pine. In 2Ch 2:8, almug trees are mentioned besides cedar and fir, clearly showing that Lebanon was noted for other kinds of celebrated wood besides the cedar. But the almug trees furnished by Hiram were of a quality inferior to those which Solomon subsequently obtained from Ophir. See on 1Ki 10:12.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
1Ki 5:8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: [and] I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
Ver. 8. I have considered. ] Heb., Heard. A request is to be considered ere it be granted, lest men come in afterwards with the fool’s, Had I known. a
And concerning timber of fir.
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Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
sent: i.e. wrote. Compare 2Ch 2:11. See note on Exo 17:14, and App-47.
fir. Or, cypress.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
considered: Heb. heard
timber of fir: 1Ki 6:15, 1Ki 6:34, 2Sa 6:5, 2Ch 3:5
Reciprocal: 2Sa 5:11 – Hiram 1Ch 14:1 – Hiram 2Ch 2:16 – we will cut