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1 Kings 7:13

Now King Solomon sent word and brought Hiram [a skilled craftsman] from Tyre.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Art;   Carving;   Hiram;   Master Workman;   Mechanic;   Pillar;   Temple;   Thompson Chain Reference - Hiram;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Strangers in Israel;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Hiram or Huram;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hiram;   Phoenicia;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Dan (2);   Hiram;   Temple;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Art and Aesthetics;   Bronze;   Hiram;   Molten Sea;   Naphtali;   Persecution in the Bible;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Arts and Crafts;   Israel;   Phoenicia, PhNicians;   Pomegranate;   Solomon;   Temple;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hiram ;   Pillar;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hiram;   Tyre;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Hi'ram,;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hiram;   Solomon;   Tyre;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Copper;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
King Solomon had Hiram brought from Tyre.
Hebrew Names Version
King Shlomo sent and fetched Hiram out of Tzor.
King James Version
And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
English Standard Version
And King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre.
New Century Version
King Solomon sent to Tyre and had Huram brought to him.
New English Translation
King Solomon sent for Hiram of Tyre.
New American Standard Bible
Now King Solomon sent word and had Hiram brought from Tyre.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then King Salomon sent, and set one Hiram out of Tyrus.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre.
Contemporary English Version
Hiram was a skilled bronze worker from the city of Tyre. His father was now dead, but he also had been a bronze worker from Tyre, and his mother was from the tribe of Naphtali. King Solomon asked Hiram to come to Jerusalem and make the bronze furnishings to use for worship in the Lord 's temple, and he agreed to do it.
Complete Jewish Bible
King Shlomo sent for Hiram and brought him from Tzor.
Darby Translation
And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
Easy-to-Read Version
King Solomon sent for a man named Huram who lived in Tyre and brought him to Jerusalem.
George Lamsa Translation
And King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre.
Good News Translation
King Solomon sent for a man named Huram, a craftsman living in the city of Tyre, who was skilled in bronze work.
Lexham English Bible
King Solomon invited and received Hiram from Tyre.
Literal Translation
And King Solomon sent and brought Hiram out of Tyre.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And kynge Salomon sent to fetch one Hiram of Tyre
American Standard Version
And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
Bible in Basic English
Then King Solomon sent and got Hiram from Tyre.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And king Solomon sent and fet one Hiram out of Tyre,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
King James Version (1611)
And king Solomon sent and fet Hiram out of Tyre.
English Revised Version
And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
Berean Standard Bible
Now King Solomon sent to bring Huram from Tyre.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also kyng Salomon sente, and brouyte fro Tire Hiram, the sone of a womman widewe,
Young's Literal Translation
And king Solomon sendeth and taketh Hiram out of Tyre --
Update Bible Version
And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
Webster's Bible Translation
And king Solomon sent and brought Hiram out of Tyre.
World English Bible
King Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
New King James Version
Now King Solomon sent and brought Huram 2 Chronicles 2:13, 14)">[fn] from Tyre.
New Living Translation
King Solomon then asked for a man named Huram to come from Tyre.
New Life Bible
Now King Solomon brought Hiram from Tyre.
New Revised Standard
Now King Solomon invited and received Hiram from Tyre.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And King Solomon sent and fetched Hiram, out of Tyre:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And king Solomon sent, and brought Hiram from Tyre,
Revised Standard Version
And King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre.
THE MESSAGE
King Solomon sent to Tyre and asked Hiram (not the king; another Hiram) to come. Hiram's mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali. His father was a Tyrian and a master worker in bronze. Hiram was a real artist—he could do anything with bronze. He came to King Solomon and did all the bronze work.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre.

Contextual Overview

13Now King Solomon sent word and brought Hiram [a skilled craftsman] from Tyre.14He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. Hiram was filled with wisdom, understanding, and skill for doing any [kind of] work in bronze. So he came to King Solomon and did all his [bronze] work. 15He cast the two pillars of bronze; the one pillar was eighteen cubits high, and a [measuring] line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of both. 16He also made two capitals (crowns) of cast bronze to put on the tops of the pillars; the height of one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits. 17There were nets of network (lattice-work) and twisted threads (wreaths) of chainwork for the capitals which were on the tops of the pillars, seven for one capital and seven for the other. 18So Hiram made the pillars [in this manner], and two rows around on the one network to cover the capitals which were on the top of the pomegranates; and he did the same for the other capital. 19The capitals which were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work (design), four cubits. 20The capitals were on the two pillars and also above and close to the rounded projection which was beside the network. There were two hundred pomegranates in rows around both capitals. 21Hiram set up the pillars at the porch of the temple; he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin (may he establish), and he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz (in it is strength). 22On the tops of the pillars was lily work (design). So the work of the pillars was finished.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hiram: 1 Kings 7:40, 2 Chronicles 2:13, 2 Chronicles 4:11, Huram

Reciprocal: Exodus 35:30 - See 1 Kings 3:1 - the house 2 Chronicles 2:14 - The son 2 Chronicles 4:16 - Huram Acts 7:47 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 5:32
After Noah was five hundred years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 6:10
Now Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 6:18
"But I will establish My covenant (solemn promise, formal agreement) with you; and you shall come into the ark—you and your [three] sons and your wife, and your sons' wives with you.
Genesis 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you with all your household, for you [alone] I have seen as righteous (doing what is right) before Me in this generation.
Genesis 7:2
"Of every clean animal you shall take with you seven pair, the male and his female, and of animals that are not clean, two each the male and his female;
Genesis 7:4
"For in seven days I am going to cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights; and I will destroy (blot out, wipe away) every living thing that I have made from the surface of the earth."
Genesis 7:7
Then Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him entered the ark to escape the flood waters.
Genesis 7:9
they came [motivated by God] into the ark with Noah two by two, the male and the female, just as God had commanded Noah.
Genesis 7:18
The waters became mighty and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.
Genesis 7:19
The waters prevailed so greatly and were so mighty and overwhelming on the earth, so that all the high mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 l.

l Stromat. l. 1. p. 332.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 7:13. 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 Naphtali by her father, and of Dan by her mother, and so be indifferently called of the tribe of Naphtali or of the daughters of Dan. This appears to be the best solution of the difficulty. The versions and MSS. give no help here.


 
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