1 Kings 7:13

Solomon Commissions Hiram to Supply the Temple

7:13 King Solomon sent for Hiram of Tyre.

1 Kings 7:40

7:40 Hiram also made basins, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on the Lord’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon.


tn Heb “King Solomon sent and took Hiram from Tyre.” In 2 Chr 2:13 (MT v. 12) and 4:11, 16 his name is spelled “Huram.”

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tn Heb “Hiram.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

tn Heb “Hiram finished doing all the work which he did for King Solomon [on] the house of the Lord.