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Hiram or Huram: (noble). 1. The king of Tyre who sent workmen and materials to Jerusalem, first, 2Sa 5:11; 1Ch 14:1 to build a palace for David (B.C. 1064), whom he ever loved, 1Ki 5:1 and again, 1Kin 5:10; 7:13; 2Chr 2:16 to build the temple for Solomon, with whom he had a treaty of peace and commerce 1Ki 5:11,12 He admitted Solomon's ships issuing from Joppa, to a share in the profitable trade of the Mediterranean, 1Ki 10:22 and the Jewish sailors, under the guidance of Tyrians, were taught to bring the gold of India, 1Ki 9:26 to Solomon's two harbors on the Red Sea. 2. Hiram was the name of a man of mixed race, 1Ki 7:13,40 the principal architect and engineer sent by King Hiram to Solomon. |
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