En Dawid het gedurigdeur groter geword, en die HERE, die God van die leërskare, was met hom. Toe stuur Hiram, die koning van Tirus, boodskappers na Dawid met sederhout en skrynwerkers en klipkappers, en hulle het vir Dawid ‘n huis gebou. So het Dawid dan gewaar geword dat die HERE hom as koning oor Israel bevestig en sy koningskap verhef het ter wille van sy volk Israel.

II Samuel 5: 10-12

And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him. And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David a house. And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.

II Samuel 5: 10-12