People of the Bible › Hiram
Hiram חִירָם
Syrian craftsman. Hiram, a skilled craftsman from Tyre, was commissioned by Solomon to create the bronze furnishings for the temple.
Also called Huram.
Where Hiram appears
1 Kings (3), 2 Chronicles (3)
Key verses
- 1 Kings 7:13 first mention — And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
- 1 Kings 7:40 — And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD:
- 1 Kings 7:45 — And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright brass.
- 2 Chronicles 2:13 — And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s,
- 2 Chronicles 4:11 — And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;
- 2 Chronicles 4:16 — The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.