1 Kings 7:13

13 misit quoque rex Salomon et tulit Hiram de Tyro

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 et desuper lapides pretiosi aequalis mensurae secti erant similiterque de cedro

12 et atrium maius rotundum trium ordinum de lapidibus sectis et unius ordinis dolata cedro necnon et in atrio domus Domini interiori et in porticu domus

13 misit quoque rex Salomon et tulit Hiram de Tyro

14 filium mulieris viduae de tribu Nepthali patre Tyrio artificem aerarium et plenum sapientia et intellegentia et doctrina ad faciendum omne opus ex aere qui cum venisset ad regem Salomonem fecit omne opus eius

15 et finxit duas columnas aereas decem et octo cubitorum altitudinis columnam unam et linea duodecim cubitorum ambiebat columnam utramque