1 Kings 5:2

5:2 Solomon then sent this message to Hiram:

1 Kings 7:13

Solomon Commissions Hiram to Supply the Temple

7:13 King Solomon sent for Hiram ¹  of Tyre. ² 

1 Kings 9:14

9:14 Hiram had sent to the king one hundred twenty talents ³  of gold.

1 Kings 9:27

9:27 Hiram sent his fleet and some of his sailors, who were well acquainted with the sea, to serve with Solomon’s men. ⁴ 

1 Kings 5:1

Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple

5:1 (5:15) ⁵  King Hiram of Tyre ⁶  sent messengers ⁷  to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place. (Hiram had always been an ally of David.)

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. ⁸ 

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. ⁹ 

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 Kings 5:7-8

5:7 When Hiram heard Solomon’s message, he was very happy. He said, “The Lord is worthy of praise today because he ¹⁰  has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.” 5:8 Hiram then sent this message to Solomon: “I received ¹¹  the message you sent to me. I will give you all the cedars and evergreens you need. ¹² 

1 Kings 7:40

7:40 Hiram also made basins, shovels, and bowls. He ¹³  finished all the work on the Lord’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon. ¹⁴ 

1 Kings 7:45

7:45 and the pots, shovels, and bowls. All these items King Solomon assigned Hiram to make for the Lord’s temple ¹⁵  were made from polished bronze.

1 Kings 9:11

9:11 King Solomon gave King Hiram of Tyre ¹⁶  twenty cities in the region of Galilee, because Hiram had supplied Solomon with cedars, evergreens, and all the gold he wanted.

1 Kings 10:22

10:22 Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships ¹⁷  that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet ¹⁸  came into port with cargoes of ¹⁹  gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. ²⁰ 

[7:13]  ¹ tn Heb “King Solomon sent and took Hiram from Tyre.” In 2 Chr 2:13 (MT v. 12) and 4:11, 16 his name is spelled “Huram.”

[7:13]  ² map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[9:14]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 9,000 pounds of gold (cf. NCV, NLT); CEV “five tons”; TEV “4,000 kilogrammes.”

[9:27]  ¹ tn Heb “and Hiram sent with the fleet his servants, men of ships, [who] know the sea, [to be] with the servants of Solomon.”

[5:1]  ¹ sn The verse numbers in the English Bible differ from those in the Hebrew text (BHS) here; 5:1-18 in the English Bible corresponds to 5:15-32 in the Hebrew text. See the note at 4:21.

[5:1]  ² map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[5:1]  ³ tn Heb “his servants.”

[5:12]  ¹ tn Heb “a covenant,” referring to a formal peace treaty or alliance.

[9:12]  ¹ tn Heb “they were not agreeable in his eyes.”

[5:7]  ¹ tn Or “Blessed be the Lord today, who….”

[5:8]  ¹ tn Heb “heard.”

[5:8]  ² tn Heb “I will satisfy all your desire with respect to cedar wood and with respect to the wood of evergreens.”

[7:40]  ¹ tn Heb “Hiram.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[7:40]  ² tn Heb “Hiram finished doing all the work which he did for King Solomon [on] the house of the Lord.”

[7:45]  ¹ tn Heb “which Hiram made for King Solomon [for] the house of the Lord.”

[9:11]  ¹ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[10:22]  ¹ tn Heb “a fleet of Tarshish [ships].” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.

[10:22]  ² tn Heb “the fleet of Tarshish [ships].”

[10:22]  ³ tn Heb “came carrying.”

[10:22]  ⁴ tn The meaning of this word is unclear. Some suggest “baboons.”