1 Kings 7:13

Solomon Commissions Hiram to Supply the Temple

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

1 Kings 9:12

9:12 When Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the cities Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them. ³ 

1 Kings 5:1

Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple

5:1 (5:15) ⁴  King Hiram of Tyre ⁵  sent messengers ⁶  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 9:11

9:11 King Solomon gave King Hiram of Tyre ⁷  twenty cities in the region of Galilee, because Hiram had supplied Solomon with cedars, evergreens, and all the gold he wanted.

[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.

[9:12]  ³ tn Heb “they were not agreeable in his eyes.”

[5:1]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[5:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “his servants.”

[9:11]  ⁷ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.