1 Kings 5:12

5:12 So the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he had promised him. And Hiram and Solomon were at peace and made a treaty. ¹ 

1 Kings 5:18

5:18 Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers, ²  along with men from Byblos, ³  did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple. ⁴ 

1 Kings 9:12

9:12 When Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the cities Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them. ⁵ 

1 Kings 10:11

10:11 (Hiram’s fleet, which carried gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir a very large quantity of fine timber and precious gems.

¹ tn Heb “a covenant,” referring to a formal peace treaty or alliance.

² tn Heb “builders.”

³ tn Heb “the Gebalites.” The reading is problematic and some emend to a verb form meaning, “set the borders.”

⁴ tc The LXX includes the words “for three years.”

³ tn Heb “they were not agreeable in his eyes.”