Dict: smith - HIRAM, OR HURAM

smith:

HIRAM, OR HURAM - H>@ - (noble). The king of Tyre who sent workmen and materials to Jerusalem, first, (2 Samuel kjv@5:11; 1Chronicles:14:1) to build a palace for David (B.C. 1064), whom he ever loved, (Kings:5:1) and again, 1Kin kjv@5:10; 7:13; kjv@2Chronicals:2:16 To build the temple for Solomon, with whom he had a treaty of peace and commerce (Kings:5:11-12) He admitted Solomon’s ships issuing from Joppa, to a share in the profitable trade of the Mediterranean, (Kings:10:22) and the Jewish sailors, under the guidance of Tyrians, were taught to bring the gold of India, (Kings:9:26) to Solomon’s two harbors on the Red Sea. Hiram was the name of a man of mixed race, (Kings:7:13-40) the principal architect and engineer sent by King Hiram to Solomon.