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 Stromat. l. 1. p. 332. . read more
Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre - This was not the Tyrian king, mentioned before, but a very intelligent coppersmith, of Jewish extraction by his mother's side, who was probably married to a Tyrian. In 2 Chronicles 2:14 , this woman is said to be of the daughters of Dan, but here of the tribe of Naphtali. The king of Tyre, who gives the account as we have it in Chronicles, might have made the mistake, and confounded the two tribes; or she might have been of... read more
And king Solomon sent [rather, had sent ( 2 Chronicles 2:13 )] and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. [This is our historian's brief version of the transaction which is recorded in 2 Chronicles 2:7-14 . He has not mentioned before ( 1 Kings 5:6 ) Solomon's request for a master builder. Hiram, like his namesake the king, is elsewhere ( 2 Chronicles 2:18 ; 2 Chronicles 4:11 , 2 Chronicles 4:16 ) called Huram or Hirom (verse 40). See note on 1 Kings 5:1 . In the first of these... read more
Hiram - A man who bore the same name as the king of Tyre, a master workman, known as Hiram Ab, i. e. Master Hiram 2Ch 2:13; 2 Chronicles 4:16. read more
1 Kings 7:13-14. Solomon sent and fetched Hiram Though he was an Israelite by birth, yet he dwelt at Tyre; and, it is likely, had the privileges of that city, and so was one of King Hiram’s subjects. And therefore ( 2Ch 2:13 ) that king says he had sent him to Solomon, that is, had granted Solomon’s request, who had requested that this man might come and serve him. His father was a man of Tyre Whom his mother, when a widow, had married. A worker in brass And in gold, and stone, and... read more
More concerning the temple (7:13-51)Israel seems to have lost the spiritual insight and artistic skill that in the time of Moses enabled its craftsmen to design and make the decoration for God’s dwelling place (cf. Exodus 31:1-6). Solomon therefore hired a craftsman from Tyre to do the bronze work and other decorations for the temple, with no apparent concern for the wrong religious ideas this man may have had. By coincidence this hired craftsman was named Hiram (GNB: Huram), the same as the... read more
THE CONSTRUCTION OF JACHIN AND BOAZ"And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. He was a son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high a piece: a line of twelve cubits compassed either of them about. And he made two capitals of molten... read more
1 Kings 7:13-14. King Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre— In former times there had been among the Hebrews very excellent workmen, who knew how to cut and engrave precious stones, to cast and work upon metals, &c. But this was before they came into the land of Canaan, in the time of Moses, when Bezaleel and Aholiab were excellent in many different arts which were necessary for the work of the temple; but, as the Scripture tells us that they had their skill by inspiration from God,... read more
13. Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre—The Tyrians and other inhabitants on the Phoelignician coast were the most renowned artists and workers in metal in the ancient world. read more
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 7:13-47
We have here an account of the brass-work about the temple. There was no iron about the temple, though we find David preparing for the temple iron for things of iron, 1 Chron. 29:2. What those things were we are not told, but some of the things of brass are here described and the rest mentioned. I. The brasier whom Solomon employed to preside in this part of the work was Hiram, or Huram (2 Chron. 4:11), who was by his mother's side an Israelite, of the tribe of Naphtali, by his father's side a... read more