1 Kings 7:13

Solomon’s temple equipment

13 Then King Solomon sent a message and brought Hiram from Tyre.

1 Kings 7:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 7:13

And King Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
] Not the king of Tyre, but an artificer in it, after described, whom Solomon had heard and upon his request Huram sent him to him, ( 2 Chronicles 2:13 ) his name is called Hyperon by Clemens of Alexandria ^F12.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Stromat. l. 1. p. 332.

1 Kings 7:13 In-Context

11 Above them were high-quality stones cut to measure, as well as cedar.

12 The surrounding great courtyard had three rows of cut stones and a row of trimmed cedar just like the inner courtyard of the LORD's temple and its porch.

13 Then King Solomon sent a message and brought Hiram from Tyre.

14 Hiram's mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali. His father was a Tyrian skilled in bronze work. He was amazingly skillful in the techniques and knowledge for doing all kinds of work in bronze. He came to King Solomon and did all his work.

15 He cast two bronze pillars. Each one was twenty-seven feet high and required a cord of eighteen feet to reach around it.