And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.
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Gill's Exposition
Behold, I build an house to the name of the Lord my God,.... Am about to do it, and determined upon it, see Ch2 2:1,
to dedicate it to him; to set it apart for sacred service to him:
and to burn…
Barnes' Notes
Huram, the form used throughout Chronicles (except 1Ch 14:1) for the name both of the king and of the artisan whom he lent to Solomon 2Ch 2:13; 2Ch 4:11, 2Ch 4:16, is a late corruption of the true…
Adam Clarke
Solomon sent to Huram - This man's name is written חירם Chiram in Kings; and in Chronicles, חורם Churam: there is properly no difference, only a י yod and a ו vau interchanged. See on Kg1 5:2 (note).
Solomon's wisdom was given him, not merely for speculation, to entertain himself (though it is indeed a princely entertainment), nor merely for conversation, to entertain his friends, but for action;…
Cambridge Bible
Huram Another form of Hiram(1Ki 5:1 [15, Heb.]) which is a shortened form of Ahiram(Hebrew, Aḥ"brother" and râm"exalted"). Yet another form is Hirom(1Ki 5:10; see R.V. mg.). The Phœnician language is…