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1Ki 7:13	Strong Concordance	And king [04428] Solomon [08010] sent [07971] and fetched [03947] Hiram [02438] out of Tyre [06865].
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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]
HIRAM'S WORKS. (1Ki. 7:13-51) Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre--The Tyrians and other inhabitants on the PhÅ“nician coast were the most renowned artists and workers in metal in the ancient world.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

HIRAM'S WORKS. (1Ki. 7:13-51)

Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre--The Tyrians and other inhabitants on the PhÅ“nician coast were the most renowned artists and workers in metal in the ancient world.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Hiram - A man who bore the same name as the king of Tyre, a master workman, known as Hiram Ab, i. e. Master Hiram Ch2 2:13; Ch2 4:16.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The Metallic Vessels of the Temple (compare Ch2 2:13-14, and 3:15-5:1). - Kg1 7:13, Kg1 7:14. To make these vessels king Hiram had sent to Solomon, at his request (Ch2 2:6), a workman named Hiram of Tyre. Kg1 7:13 contains a supplementary remark, in which ויּשׁלח must be rendered in the pluperfect (compare the remarks on Gen 2:19). King Solomon had sent and fetched Hiram from Tyre. This artisan bore the same name as the king, חירם or חירום (Kg1 7:40), in Ch2 2:13 חוּרם (Huram), with the epithet אבי, i.e., my father, אב being a title of honour equivalent to master or counsellor, as in Gen 45:8. He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was צרי אישׁ, i.e., a Tyrian by birth. According to Ch2 2:13, his mother was "of the daughters of Dan," i.e., of the tribe of Dan. Both statements may easily be united thus: she was a Danite by birth, and married into the tribe of Naphtali. When her husband died, she was married again as the widow of a Naphtalite, and became the wife of a Tyrian, to whom she bore a son, Hiram. This explanation is also adopted by Bertheau (on the Chronicles); and the conjecture of Lundius, Thenius, and others, that the mother was an Israelitish widow of the city of Dan in the tribe of Naphtali, which was quite close to Tyre, is less in harmony with the expression "of the daughters of Dan." נחשׁה חרשׁ, "a brass-worker," refers to הוּא (he), i.e., Hiram, and not to his father (Thenius). The skill of Hiram is described in almost the same terms as that of Bezaleel in Exo 31:3., with this exception, that Bezaleel's skill is attributed to his being filled with the Spirit of God, i.e., is described rather as a supernatural gift, whereas in the case of Hiram the more indefinite expression, "he was filled with wisdom, etc.," is used, representing it rather as a natural endowment. In the account given here, Hiram is merely described as a worker in brass, because he is only mentioned at the commencement of the section which treats of the preparation of the brazen vessels of the temple. According to Ch2 2:14, he was able to work in gold, silver, brass, iron, stone, wood, purple, etc. There is nothing improbable in this extension of his skill to wood and to the art of weaving. Bezaleel also combined in himself all these talents. Of course Hiram was merely 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. - The enumeration of them commences with the pillars of the temple-hall.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

The Metallic Vessels of the Temple (compare Ch2 2:13-14, and 3:15-5:1). - Kg1 7:13, Kg1 7:14. To make these vessels king Hiram had sent to Solomon, at his request (Ch2 2:6), a workman named Hiram of Tyre. Kg1 7:13 contains a supplementary remark, in which ויּשׁלח must be rendered in the pluperfect (compare the remarks on Gen 2:19). King Solomon had sent and fetched Hiram from Tyre. This artisan bore the same name as the king, חירם or חירום (Kg1 7:40), in Ch2 2:13 חוּרם (Huram), with the epithet אבי, i.e., my father, אב being a title of honour equivalent to master or counsellor, as in Gen 45:8. He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was צרי אישׁ, i.e., a Tyrian by birth. According to Ch2 2:13, his mother was "of the daughters of Dan," i.e., of the tribe of Dan. Both statements may easily be united thus: she was a Danite by birth, and married into the tribe of Naphtali. When her husband died, she was married again as the widow of a Naphtalite, and became the wife of a Tyrian, to whom she bore a son, Hiram. This explanation is also adopted by Bertheau (on the Chronicles); and the conjecture of Lundius, Thenius, and others, that the mother was an Israelitish widow of the city of Dan in the tribe of Naphtali, which was quite close to Tyre, is less in harmony with the expression "of the daughters of Dan." נחשׁה חרשׁ, "a brass-worker," refers to הוּא (he), i.e., Hiram, and not to his father (Thenius). The skill of Hiram is described in almost the same terms as that of Bezaleel in Exo 31:3., with this exception, that Bezaleel's skill is attributed to his being filled with the Spirit of God, i.e., is described rather as a supernatural gift, whereas in the case of Hiram the more indefinite expression, "he was filled with wisdom, etc.," is used, representing it rather as a natural endowment. In the account given here, Hiram is merely described as a worker in brass, because he is only mentioned at the commencement of the section which treats of the preparation of the brazen vessels of the temple. According to Ch2 2:14, he was able to work in gold, silver, brass, iron, stone, wood, purple, etc. There is nothing improbable in this extension of his skill to wood and to the art of weaving. Bezaleel also combined in himself all these talents. Of course Hiram was merely 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. - The enumeration of them commences with the pillars of the temple-hall.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
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 Ch2 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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¹⁶ The pots [05518] also, and the shovels [03257], and the fleshhooks [04207], and all their instruments [03627], did Huram [02361] his father [01] make [06213] to king [04428] Solomon [08010] for the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] of bright [04838] brass [05178].

¹³ And now I have sent [07971] a cunning [02450] man [0376], endued [03045] with understanding [0998], of Huram [02361] my father's [01],

¹⁴ The son [01121] of a woman [0802] of the daughters [01323] of Dan [01835], and his father [01] was a man [0376] of Tyre [06876], skilful [03045] to work [06213] in gold [02091], and in silver [03701], in brass [05178], in iron [01270], in stone [068], and in timber [06086], in purple [0713], in blue [08504], and in fine linen [0948], and in crimson [03758]; also to grave [06605] any manner of graving [06603], and to find out [02803] every device [04284] which shall be put [05414] to him, with thy cunning men [02450], and with the cunning men [02450] of my lord [0113] David [01732] thy father [01].

³ And I have filled [04390] him with the spirit [07307] of God [0430], in wisdom [02451], and in understanding [08394], and in knowledge [01847], and in all manner of workmanship [04399],

¹³ And now I have sent [07971] a cunning [02450] man [0376], endued [03045] with understanding [0998], of Huram [02361] my father's [01],

⁸ So now it was not you that sent [07971] me hither, but God [0430]: and he hath made [07760] me a father [01] to Pharaoh [06547], and lord [0113] of all his house [01004], and a ruler [04910] throughout all the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].

¹³ And now I have sent [07971] a cunning [02450] man [0376], endued [03045] with understanding [0998], of Huram [02361] my father's [01],

⁴⁰ And Hiram [02438] made [06213] the lavers [03595], and the shovels [03257], and the basons [04219]. So Hiram [02438] made [03615] an end of doing [06213] all the work [04399] that he made [06213] king [04428] Solomon [08010] for the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]:

¹⁹ And out of the ground [0127] the LORD [03068] God [0430] formed [03335] every beast [02416] of the field [07704], and every fowl [05775] of the air [08064]; and brought [0935] them unto Adam [0120] to see [07200] what he would call [07121] them: and whatsoever Adam [0120] called [07121] every living [02416] creature [05315], that [01931] was the name thereof [08034].

¹³ And king [04428] Solomon [08010] sent [07971] and fetched [03947] Hiram [02438] out of Tyre [06865].

⁶ But who is able [06113] [03581] to build [01129] him an house [01004], seeing the heaven [08064] and heaven [08064] of heavens [08064] cannot contain [03557] him? who am I then, that I should build [01129] him an house [01004], save only [0518] to burn sacrifice [06999] before [06440] him?

¹⁴ He was a widow's [0802] [0490] son [01121] of the tribe [04294] of Naphtali [05321], and his father [01] was a man [0376] of Tyre [06876], a worker [02790] in brass [05178]: and he was filled [04390] with wisdom [02451], and understanding [08394], and cunning [01847] to work [06213] all works [04399] in brass [05178]. And he came [0935] to king [04428] Solomon [08010], and wrought [06213] all his work [04399].

¹³ And king [04428] Solomon [08010] sent [07971] and fetched [03947] Hiram [02438] out of Tyre [06865].

¹³ And now I have sent [07971] a cunning [02450] man [0376], endued [03045] with understanding [0998], of Huram [02361] my father's [01],
¹⁴ The son [01121] of a woman [0802] of the daughters [01323] of Dan [01835], and his father [01] was a man [0376] of Tyre [06876], skilful [03045] to work [06213] in gold [02091], and in silver [03701], in brass [05178], in iron [01270], in stone [068], and in timber [06086], in purple [0713], in blue [08504], and in fine linen [0948], and in crimson [03758]; also to grave [06605] any manner of graving [06603], and to find out [02803] every device [04284] which shall be put [05414] to him, with thy cunning men [02450], and with the cunning men [02450] of my lord [0113] David [01732] thy father [01].