2Sa 5:11, 1Ki 5:1-11, 9:11-14, 2Ch 2:8-16 | TSK | STEP | Hiram. masons. Heb. hewers of the stone of the wall. they built.

twenty measures."Twenty thousand baths of oil" are mentioned in Chronicles; and the Syriac, Arabic, and Septuagint also have here "twenty thousand measures." But as barley and wine are also spoken of there, it is probable that the wheat mentioned here, and the small quantity of fine oil, were intended for the use of Hiram's own family, while that in Chronicles was for his workmen.

1 Kings 9:11-14

Now Hiram.

5:6-10; 2Ch 2:8-10,16

king Solomon.

2Ch 8:2

of Galilee.

Jos 20:7

they pleased him not. Heb. were not right in his eyes.

Nu 22:34; Jud 14:3; *margins

my brother.

5:1,2; Am 1:9

Cabul. that is, Displeasing, or dirty.Josephus says that {Cabul,} in the Phoenician language, signifies [ouk areskon,] displeasing; and that these cities were situated in the neighbourhood of Tyre. Most commentators are persuaded that the city Cabul in the tribe of Asher was one; and probably from this Hiram took occasion to give this name to all the other cities which Solomon had ceded to him.

Jos 19:27

11,28; 10:10,14,21

2 Chronicles 2:8-16

Send me also.

1Ki 5:6

algum trees. or, algummim.Called in the parallel passage, by a transposition of letters, {almuggim,} or "almug-trees;" which is rendered by the Vulgate, {ligna thyina,} the thya or lignum vitæ wood. Theophrastus say that "the thyon of thya tree grows near the temple of Jupiter Ammon (in Africa), and in the Cyrenaica; that it resembles the cypress in its boughs, leaves, stalk, and fruit; and that its wood (from its close texture) never rots." The LXX. render here [peukina;] and Josephus calls it [xyla peukina,] torch or pine-trees; but cautions us against supposing that the wood was like what was known in his time by that name; for these "were to the sight like the wood of the fig-tree, but more white and shining." The Syriac version has {kaiso dekee-sotho,} probably cypress wood; and Dr. Shaw supposes it denotes the cypress. Several critics understand it to mean gummy wood; and Celsius queries whether it may not be the sandal-tree, as the Rabbins and Dr. Geddes suppose.

1Ki 10:11

almug-trees.

wonderful great. Heb. great and wonderful.

5; 7:21; 1Ki 9:8

I will give.

1Ki 5:11; Lu 10:7; Ro 13:7,8

baths of wine.

1Ki 7:26,38; Ezr 7:22

Because.

9:8; De 7:7,8; 1Ki 10:9; Ps 72:17

Huram.

1Ki 5:7; 1Ch 29:20; Ps 72:18,19; Lu 1:68; 1Pe 1:3