1 Kings 7:13

And king Solomon sent and brought Hiram of Tyre,

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In The King James Version

And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

In Context

12And the great atrium was round, with three rows of cut stones and one row of cut cedar, even as it also was in the interior atrium of the house of the Lord, and in the portico of the house.

14the son of a widowed woman, from the tribe of Naphtali, whose father was a Tyrian, an artisan in brass, and full of wisdom, and understanding, and knowledge in order to form every work of brass. And when he had gone to king Solomon, he wrought all his work.

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Cross References

Exodus 31:3and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, and understanding, and knowledge in every craft,

2 Chronicles 2:6So then, who will be able prevail, so that he may build a worthy house for him? If heaven and the heavens of heavens cannot contain him, what am I that I would be able to build a house to him? But let it be for this only, so that incense may be burned before him.

2 Chronicles 4:11Then Hiram made cooking pots and hooks and bowls. And he completed every work of the king in the house of God,

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 7:2-13

The Building of the Temple. ( b. c. 1004.) 1 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. 2 He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was a hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. 3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. 4 And there were windows in three rows, and… Read the whole commentary →

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