John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 5:1

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Hiram king of Tyre sent servants unto Solomon, etc.] His ambassadors, to condole him on the death of his father, and congratulate him on his accession to the throne; this king is called by the Phoenician historians f69 Hirom, and by Eupolemus f70 Suron, as he is Huram in (<140203>2 Chronicles 2:3); and by Theophilus of Antioch f71 Hierom the son of Abelmalus, in the twelfth year of whose reign the temple was built: for he had heard that they had anointed him, king in the room of his father; that the Israelites had anointed him king: for Hiram was ever a lover of David; a friend and ally of his; and we never read of the Tyrians being at war with him, or assisting any of his enemies.

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