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Reference: Hiram, or Huram

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Hi'ram, or Hu'ram

(noble).

1. The king of Tyre who sent workmen and materials to Jerusalem, first,

to build a palace for David (B.C. 1064), whom he ever loved,

and again, 1Kin 5:10; 7:13; 2Chr 2:16 to build the temple for Solomon, with whom he had a treaty of peace and commerce

He admitted Solomon's ships issuing from Joppa, to a share in the profitable trade of the Mediterranean,

and the Jewish sailors, under the guidance of Tyrians, were taught to bring the gold of India,

to Solomon's two harbors on the Red Sea.

2. Hiram was the name of a man of mixed race,

the principal architect and engineer sent by King Hiram to Solomon.