5:1 (5:15)1 King Hiram of Tyre2 sent messengers3 to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place. (Hiram had always been an ally of David.)
[5:1]1sn 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.