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1Ki 5:7 Strong Concordance And it came to pass, when Hiram [02438] heard [08085] the words [01697] of Solomon [08010], that he rejoiced [08055] greatly [03966], and said [0559], Blessed [01288] be the LORD [03068] this day [03117], which hath given [05414] unto David [01732] a wise [02450] son [01121] over this great [07227] people [05971].
  King James And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
FURNISHES TIMBER TO BUILD THE TEMPLE. (Kg1 5:7-12)

Blessed be the Lord--This language is no decisive evidence that Hiram was a worshipper of the true God, as he might use it only on the polytheistic principle of acknowledging Jehovah as the God of the Hebrews (see on Ch2 2:11).
 
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11 Then Huram [02361] the king [04428] of Tyre [06865] answered [0559] in writing [03791], which he sent [07971] to Solomon [08010], Because the LORD [03068] hath loved [0160] his people [05971], he hath made [05414] thee king [04428] over them.
7 And it came to pass, when Hiram [02438] heard [08085] the words [01697] of Solomon [08010], that he rejoiced [08055] greatly [03966], and said [0559], Blessed [01288] be the LORD [03068] this day [03117], which hath given [05414] unto David [01732] a wise [02450] son [01121] over this great [07227] people [05971].
8 And Hiram [02438] sent [07971] to Solomon [08010], saying [0559], I have considered [08085] the things which thou sentest [07971] to me for: and I will do [06213] all thy desire [02656] concerning timber [06086] of cedar [0730], and concerning timber [06086] of fir [01265].
9 My servants [05650] shall bring them down [03381] from Lebanon [03844] unto the sea [03220]: and I will convey [07760] them by sea [03220] in floats [01702] unto the place [04725] that thou shalt appoint [07971] me, and will cause them to be discharged [05310] there, and thou shalt receive [05375] them: and thou shalt accomplish [06213] my desire [02656], in giving [05414] food [03899] for my household [01004].
10 So Hiram [02438] gave [05414] Solomon [08010] cedar [0730] trees [06086] and fir [01265] trees [06086] according to all his desire [02656].
11 And Solomon [08010] gave [05414] Hiram [02438] twenty [06242] thousand [0505] measures [03734] of wheat [02406] for food [04361] to his household [01004], and twenty [06242] measures [03734] of pure [03795] oil [08081]: thus gave [05414] Solomon [08010] to Hiram [02438] year [08141] by year [08141].
12 And the LORD [03068] gave [05414] Solomon [08010] wisdom [02451], as he promised [01696] him: and there was peace [07965] between Hiram [02438] and Solomon [08010]; and they two [08147] made [03772] a league [01285] together [08147].