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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 Chronicles 14:1 - 14:1
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1Ch 14:1, 1Ch 14:2. Hiram’s kindness to David; David’s felicity.
Now Hiram king of Tyre - [See on 2Sa 5:11]. The alliance with this neighboring king, and the important advantages derived from it, were among the most fortunate circumstances in David’s reign. The providence of God appeared concurrent with His promise in smoothing the early course of his reign. Having conquered the Jebusites and made Zion the royal residence, he had now, along with internal prosperity, established an advantageous treaty with a neighboring prince; and hence, in immediate connection with the mention of this friendly league, it is said, “David perceived that the Lord had confirmed him king over Israel.”