Hiram
- Phoenician King of Tyre
Hiram
also called Huram or Ahiram.
Reigned
969–936 bc - appears in the Bible ally of Hebrew Kings
David and Solomon.
Hiram
maintained friendly relations with the Hebrews.
Supplying
David and Solomon with Men and materials for construction of
The Temple
Cooperating
with him in Mediterranean and Red Sea trading voyages.
David
and Solomon gave him The Work - with Galilean territories in
return.
969-936
bc: Phoenician
King of Tyre.
Now
therefore command that cedars of Lebanon be cut for me and my
servants will join your servants and I will pay you for your
servants such wages as you set for you know that there is no
one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.
When
Hiram heard the words of Solomon he rejoiced greatly and said
Blessed be the Lord this day who has given to David a wise son
to be over this great People.
Phoenicians primarily through King Hiram of Tyre were major
suppliers of materials and skilled labor to Solomon for building
of the original Temple
See
Temples that God commanded to be built in Jerusalem.
Hiram sent to Solomon saying I have heard the message that you
have sent to me I am ready to do all you desire in the matter
of cedar and cypress timber. My servants shall bring it down
to the sea from Lebanon I will make it into rafts to go by sea
to the place you direct
King Solomon sent and brought Hiram or Huram not the same as
King Hiram from Tyre.
He
was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali and his father
was a man of Tyre a worker in bronze and he was full of wisdom
understanding and skill for making any work in bronze. He came
to King Solomon and did all his work.
Hiram
Abiff - Master Mason working on Solomons 1st Temple - one out
of three Master Masons building Solomons 1st Temple that was
killed by the the ither two Master Masons for not revealing
his secret. There were three secrets and as Hiram died with
his secret the Temple could not be completed.
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