Verse 14
14. A widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali According to 2 Chronicles 2:14, she was of the daughters of Dan. But this need not be regarded as an error or mistake in either text, for she may have been by birth of the tribe of Dan, and by marriage connected with the tribe of Naphtali. So she would be a widow of Naphtali when Hiram’s father married her. Other explanations are also possible.
A man of Tyre Probably a native Tyrian, and not, as some have supposed, an Israelite who had become a resident of Tyre.
A worker in brass This is in apposition with man of Tyre, that is, Hiram’s father. Hiram followed his father’s trade.
He was filled with wisdom His skill and proficiency in working brass are described in nearly the same words as were used of Bezaleel, the divinely gifted artificer of the tabernacle. Exodus 31:3; Exodus 36:1.
Cunning to work all works in brass In 2 Chronicles (2 Chronicles 2:14) it is said that he was “skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber; in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him.”
Wrought all his work “Of course Hiram was only a foreman or leader of these different branches of art; and he certainly did not come alone, but brought several assistants with him, who carried out the different works under his superintendence.” Keil.
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