1 Kings 7:12-14
Amplified Bible
12 So the great courtyard all around had three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams like the inner courtyard of the house of the Lord, and the porch of the house.
Hiram’s Work in the Temple
13 Now King Solomon sent word and brought [a]Hiram [a skilled craftsman] from Tyre. 14 He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. Hiram was filled with wisdom, understanding, and skill for doing any [kind of] work in bronze. So he came to King Solomon and did all his [bronze] work.
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- 1 Kings 7:13 Huram in 2 Chr 2:3.
1 Kings 7:12-14
New International Version
12 The great courtyard was surrounded by a wall of three courses(A) of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams, as was the inner courtyard of the temple of the Lord with its portico.
The Temple’s Furnishings(B)(C)
13 King Solomon sent to Tyre and brought Huram,[a](D) 14 whose mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali and whose father was from Tyre and a skilled craftsman in bronze. Huram was filled with wisdom,(E) with understanding and with knowledge to do all kinds of bronze work. He came to King Solomon and did all(F) the work assigned to him.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 7:13 Hebrew Hiram, a variant of Huram; also in verses 40 and 45
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