1 Kings 7:13

Hiram's Work in the Temple

13 Now ¹King Solomon sent 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 And above were costly stones, stone cut according to measure, and cedar.

12 So the great court all around had three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams even as the inner court of the house of the LORD , and the porch of the house.

13 Now King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre.

14 He was a widow's son from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill for doing any work in bronze. So he came to King Solomon and performed all his work.

15 He fashioned the two pillars of bronze; eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of both.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Chronicles 2:13, 14; 2 Chronicles 4:11