1 Kings 5:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

Hiram. Born of. Jewish mother (1 Kings 7:14; 2 Chronicles 2:14).

lover. ally, Hebrews always at amity with the Phoenicians. Never with Canaanites.

1 Kings 5:1

1 And Hirama king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.