Meaning
Hiram, or Huram (noble).
1. The king of Tyre who sent workmen and materials to Jerusalem, first, (2Samuel 5:11; 1Chronicles 14:1) to build a palace for David (B.C. 1064), whom he ever loved, (1Kings 5:1) 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 (1Kgs 5:11; 1Kgs 5:12) He admitted Solomon’s ships issuing from Joppa, to a share in the profitable trade of the Mediterranean, (1Kings 10:22) and the Jewish sailors, under the guidance of Tyrians, were taught to bring the gold of India, (1Kings 9:26) to Solomon’s two harbors on the Red Sea.
2. Hiram was the name of a man of mixed race, (1Kgs 7:13; 1Kgs 7:40) the principal architect and engineer sent by King Hiram to Solomon.
