1 Kings 7:13

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 passages the king calls him "Huram my father" (see note there); in the last he is designated "Huram his father." The title "Ab" (cf. Genesis 45:8 , 41, 43; 2 Kings 2:12 ; 2 Kings 5:13 ; 2 Kings 6:21 ; cf. 1 Kings 8:9 ) shows the high esteem in which he was held. It can hardly be, as some have supposed, a proper name. It may signify "counsellor," or master, i.e; master builder. The Tyrians evidently regarded him with some pride.]