1 Chronicles 14:1

1 Chronicles 14:1 says, Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.  Hiram, the King of Tyre, sent messengers to David along with timbers of cedar and masons and carpenters to help David build himself a house.  David had a vast kingdom and Hiram a smaller one, but David needed Hiram's help.  I guess he could have tried to take these things from Hiram, but it was so much better that Hiram offered them freely.  Just because we as Christians may be more powerful than someone doesn't mean that we can just take what they have if we need it, nor does it mean that we may not need their help.  Verse two adds, And David perceived that the Lord had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.  David did not give himself credit for his being king but gave the credit to God.  We also need to give God the credit for whatever success we have in the world today.  Verse three continues, And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.  David gave God credit for his success, but then he began to break God's law by having more than one wife.  We should never give God credit for our success in life and then turn around and break his commandments.  David had sons and daughters with these wives.  These next four verses tell us the names of these children.  Verse four states, Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,  Verse five adds, And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,  Verse six continues, And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,  Verse seven concludes, And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.  Matthew Henry says that these children added to David's strength, and that it was an honor to have so many children, which is true.  Still, this happened outside of God's plan for marriage and family.  We also see that Solomon was one of these children, so God blessed him even if his birth was outside of God's will.  Our birth does not determine whether God can use us or not, but our rebirth through putting our faith in Jesus Christ does.