Gad 9

King Hiram of Tyre

Between 2908-2924 AM, 1017-1001 BC

1Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers unto David saying:

2“I know that the LORD your God is the one true God, so

now deal with me as a true brother and teach me the Law

of your God, for I will worship Him all the days of my

life.” 3Then the messengers came to David with an

offering in their hands for the LORD and for David. They

told him everything that Hiram had said and presented

him with the offerings. 4And David replied to Hiram:

5“Go and tell my brother, Hiram: ‘This is what David,

your brother, says:

‘Reverence the LORD, creator of heaven and fire,

the sea and the earth, the wet and the dry, the heat

and the cold, the mineral and the vegetation, the

living and the speaking, 6the planets, the Pleiades

and Orion, the sun and the moon, the substantial

and the spiritual, the wandering stars, the senses,

and everything. 7These were all created without a

blemish by El Shaddai whose name is Yahweh. 8If

you do this and observe the commandments that

were ordered to the children of Noah [Noahide

Laws], your father, then God will bless you all the

days of your life. 9We are both His allies; but we

are different from you by the Law of truth, sealed

by the seal of Shaddai, called children of the true

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God. 10We must therefore obey the whole Law

that HaShem commands of us, saying:

‘And you shall be unto Me a kingdom of priests,

and an holy nation. These are the words which

you shall speak unto the children of Israel.’

Exodus 19:6

11But He has not dealt the same way with any

other nation as He has with us. He did not choose

us for any other reason than the great love that He

has for us.”

12The messengers then returned to Hiram their king and

told him everything that King David had told them. 13And

Hiram rejoiced with all his heart and called all his princes

and servants and said to them: 14“Tyrians and Sidonians,

listen carefully to what I am about to tell you. 15Have

reverence and respect for El Shaddai, who is the God of

Israel. He made everything by speaking and by the breath

of His mouth; and who will tell Him what He can do? For

He is one. 16Repeat after me:

‘Blessed is the LORD God of Israel who chooses

His people, and blessed is David, His servant,

king of His people, and blessed is Israel whom the

LORD has chosen to be His inheritance. 17We

would be blessed to simply be the servants of the

children of Israel that are called children of the

LORD, their God.’”

18And all his princes and his servants replied: “Amen,

may it be so.” 19And Hiram lifted up his voice and said:

“I have seen, but not now, I have beheld, but not

nigh: there shall step forth a sun from David, and

a moon shall rise out of the house of Judah, and

shall smite all the children of Ham, and break

down all the children of Japheth, and he will

possess all the kingdoms of the world.”

Variant of Numbers 24:17-18

And who is like the LORD, God above all gods?

20And who is like Israel a people above the

nations? May our end be like theirs.”

21When the LORD heard what Hiram had said, He was

very pleased with him. 22And the LORD said unto Gad,

the seer of David: 23“Go unto my servant and tell him the

message that I gave you.” 24And Gad, the one in whose

hand was the word of the LORD, came to David, and

said,

“Thus says the LORD God of Hosts: ‘I have heard

what Hiram, king of Tyre, has said and what his

princes and servants have said, and I am very

pleased. 25Therefore I will give him and his

people a heart of wisdom and understanding to

prepare My house where I shall put My name, and

that will cause his kingdom to grow, for I have

chosen them and will not reject them.’”

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26And David said to Gad: “Now I know that the LORD

our God rewards all His creatures and all the works He

has created with goodness, because He is a God of mercy,

who dwells on high and looks after the lowly, and

whoever is banished will not remain an outcast from Him.

Blessed be the LORD forever; Amen, and Amen. 27For as

the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy

toward them that fear Him and towards His works. 28Bless

the LORD, all you His works, in all His places of His

dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah.”