5:11 King Hiram of Tyre 4 sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons. They built a palace 5 for David. 5:12 David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel. 5:13 David married more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he arrived from Hebron. Even more sons and daughters were born to David. 5:14 These are the names of children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, 5:15 Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, 5:16 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
1 tc 4QSama and the LXX lack the word “God,” probably due to harmonization with the more common biblical phrase “the
2 tn Traditionally, “the
3 tn The translation assumes that the disjunctive clause is circumstantial-causal, giving the reason for David’s success.
4 map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.
5 tn Heb “a house.”