1 Kings 7:13

The Temple’s Furnishings

13 King Solomon sent to Tyre and brought Huram,^[a]

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1 Kings 7:13 in Other Translations

KJV

13 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

ESV

13 And King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre.

NLT

13 King Solomon then asked for a man named Huram to come from Tyre.

MSG

13 King Solomon sent to Tyre and asked Hiram (not the king; another Hiram) to come.

CSB

13 King Solomon had Hiram brought 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.

FOOTNOTES:

F12 Stromat. l. 1. p. 332.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Kings 7:13 In-Context

11 Above were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams.

12 The great courtyard was surrounded by a wall of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams, as was the inner courtyard of the temple of the LORD with its portico.

13 King Solomon sent to Tyre and brought Huram,

14 whose mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali and whose father was from Tyre and a skilled craftsman in bronze. Huram was filled with wisdom, with understanding and with knowledge to do all kinds of bronze work. He came to King Solomon and did all the work assigned to him.

15 He cast two bronze pillars, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.

Cross References 1

1. ver 45; 2 Chronicles 2:13; 2 Chronicles 4:16

Footnotes 1

[a]. Hebrew "Hiram," a variant of "Huram" ; also in verses 40 and 45